The letter from the EPA said these segments need to be on the impaired water list because of their levels of nitrate and nitrite, which have a “known toxicity.” The EPA said it asked Iowa, in a ...

By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, after rejecting a portion of Iowa’s 2024 list ...

"There's always some level of nitrates, even in the dead of winter," Hesemann said of the Cedar River. There is an existing ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added seven water segments to Iowa's 2024 impaired water list, including parts ...

Water, a molecule essential for life, has unusual properties -- known as anomalies -- that define its behavior. However, there are still many enigmas about the molecular mechanisms that would explain ...

An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth’s total amount ...

Iowa typically doesn't consider the impact on the environment because it's outside the water permitting process, according to ...

Donald Trump has nominated RFK Jr., who wants to remove fluoride from U.S. water systems, to head the Health Department.

A new study reveals that extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are accelerating nitrate contamination of groundwater. Heavy rains followin ...

Michigan and Florida require septic waste to be taken to municipal waste treatment systems. Wisconsin lawmakers need to enact ...

Jeff Poteet and Justin Martin have the answers about Marco Island water: nutrients, dredging, lead. They recently spoke to ...