Iowa ranks second in cancer rates nationally. A local group is testing water for nitrates and demanding policy change.

Iowa ranks 2nd in cancer rates nationally and researchers point to nitrates as one culprit. A southwest Iowa group is testing ...

ST. CHARLES — Dozens of private well owners from five counties filed through the St. Charles Community Center on Thursday to learn more about a resource they use daily: water from their private wells.

Oregon Rural Action's Ana Maria Rodriguez conducts a rapid test on a jar of water brought from Boardman, Ore.., which tested above the federal standard of 10 milligrams per liter. Monica Samayoa / OPB ...

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.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - Homeowners in Portage County that obtain drinking water from a private well will be offered free nitrate testing on Saturday. Private well owners need to collect a sample ...

The Oregon Health Authority is encouraging people in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area to get their well water retested for nitrates for free, even those who tested in 2023.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Dodge City Public Works department was notified that on March 14, a water quality sample showed nitrate levels above the maximum level allowed for community ...