Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa needs to cut the amount of nitrate in five rivers — including the Cedar River — because ...

A UC Davis study reveals that extreme weather, such as heavy rains following droughts, rapidly pushes nitrates from ...

Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which ...

Iowa’s major urban drinking water supplies are contaminated with levels of toxic nitrates, linked to cancer, that exceed ...

UC Davis researchers insert a device that continuously collects water samples underground, providing real-time data on nitrate contaminant movement. Extreme weather spurred by climate change ...

Groups from Iowa and several other states have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to invoke its emergency ...

Several Kansas counties are seeing a dramatic increase in groundwater contamination. The region’s nitrate pollution comes ...

Several south-central Kansas counties are seeing a dramatic increase in groundwater contamination. The region’s nitrate pollution comes primarily from agriculture. PRATT – Nitrate pollution ...

The study found heavy rains after a drought caused nitrates to seep 33 feet under farm fields in as little as 10 days. The study was published in Water Resources Research. "The conventional wisdom ...

Environmental and community groups in Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin are urging the EPA to step in and control nitrate contamination in drinking water. (Photo courtesy of USDA ...

UC Davis researchers insert a device that continuously collects water samples underground, providing real-time data on nitrate contaminant movement. (Isaya Kisekka / UC Davis) Extreme weather spurred ...