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 ...

Nitrates enter the water through the use of inorganic fertilizers and animal manure. Man makes court appearance in murdered Kansas moms case Until they receive confirmation, they are asking Hoxie ...

EPA says parts of Des Moines, Raccoon, Iowa, Cedar and S. Skunk rivers should be added to Iowa's impaired waters list because ...

Impaired waters have an identified pollutant that exceeds water quality standards and require a water improvement plan, known ...

Until further notice, use bottled water or other water that is low in nitrates. The City says boiling, freezing, filtering, ...

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 ...

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

The EPA identified one segment on the Cedar River, two segments on the Des Moines River, two segments on the Iowa River, one segment on the Raccoon River and one segment on the South Skunk River as ...

They actually occur naturally in our bodies but they’re also found in many of the foods we eat and even the water we drink. This is where nitrates and nitrites can become confused. We get most ...