Central Iowa is once again seeing elevated nitrate levels in its rivers, this time in the middle of winter. Last week, ...

The Oregon Health Authority since 2024 found that at least 634 domestic drinking water wells in the area contain unsafe ...

At the outset of this offseason, Boston stated its intention to add impact starting pitching this winter. Stock futures fell ...

Elevated nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers prompted Central Iowa Water Works to start up its nitrate removal system this month. A network of water quality sensors shows a similar ...

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 ...

In spring and summer 2025, the nitrate removal facility ran in part of fully for 112 days. A wet July drove nitrates out of ...

Map of Nitrate Measures in Public Water: Iowa (1970-1988). Figure 2 reports the median nitrate level in each month-year of all reported public water measures in Iowa (1970-1988). Each blue point is a ...

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 ...