As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN THIS HIGH. SO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NITRATES, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRATE? NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH THOSE ...

The Minnesota Well Owners Organization, with the Minnesota Groundwater Association and the Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District, held a free water-testing clinic on Sept. 25, 2023.

There is a water emergency in the Walworth County Village of Williams Bay. Water testing has indicated elevated levels of nitrite. Residents are urged to use bottled water for drinking and cooking.

Industrial agriculture is polluting underground drinking water sources across the United States with dangerous nitrates. State leaders and the EPA must act. Industrial agriculture is polluting ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. NEW TONIGHT A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED THIS AFTERNOON FOCUSES ON PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO NITRATES IN DRINKING WATER. AND TONIGHT WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT STUDY. AND WE’RE HEARING ...

Over the past several weeks, nitrate levels in the Des Moines metro's drinking water have been a hot topic of discussion. A lawn watering ban that was implemented June 12 prompted rumors of a ...

Nitrate levels in the Raccoon River are the highest they have been since 2013, forcing local officials in central Iowa to enact a lawn watering ban for the first time. The stage three water shortage ...