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 ...

Nitrate is a compound that often ends up in drinking water through fertilizer runoff. Farmers use nitrate-rich fertilizers to grow crops. When it rains, the excess nitrate seeps into groundwater and ...

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 ...

YEAR SENTENCE IN A DIFFERENT CASE. WATER QUALITY IS A GROWING CONCERN FOR MANY IOWANS. NOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE STATE SHOULD FUND A SYSTEM TO TRACK POLLUTION AND DRINKING WATER ...

Nitrate levels in the water supply for Reno County Rural Water District 101 remain above safe limits, officials confirmed this week.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Raccoon River near Walnut Woods State Park June 25, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Central Iowa Water Works ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - Covered swine barns dot the landscape near Platte Center, where tens of thousands of hogs are raised and fed. Many of these barns are owned by a local boy who ...

Ranchers in south-central North Dakota face double trouble. Drought in the area is drying up grass in pastures. It also could cause other vegetation, including some common plants and weeds, to poison ...

From coral reefs and kelp forests to the open ocean and deep-sea zones, nutrients that support phytoplankton growth and marine productivity form the foundation of oceanic ecosystems. When levels of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of ...

YODER, Kan. (KSNW) — Nitrate levels for the water district that serves the Yoder community are still too high. The Reno County Public Works Department says tests earlier this month show that Rural ...