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

But it was lower than the maximum concentration allowed by the EPA for drinking water, a limit meant to prevent high human ...

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

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

High nitrate levels in drinking water can increase health risks, especially for young children. It may also increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Need for real-time soil nitrate monitoring ...

High nitrate levels in drinking water can increase health risks, especially for young children. It may also increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Central Valley farmers are required to report to ...

“Our heavy clay soils will typically have higher phosphorous levels, and lower nitrate levels. Typically, if you have a high ...

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

Greenpeace says it is deeply concerned about levels of nitrate in rural school drinking water, as a shocking new report has revealed that rural children are twice as likely as the average New ...

Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water for most of California’s Central Valley. In some regions, such as the Tulare Lake Basin, nearly one-third of drinking and irrigation wells exceed ...