Home reverse osmosis systems are becoming more popular in central Iowa as nitrates affect public drinking water supplies.

Iowa water bans are a sign of the state’s intensifying struggle with high nitrate levels in streams and rivers that supply ...

A new $1.9 million project aims to reduce nitrate runoff into Beaver Creek, a stream that flows directly into Central Iowa’s ...

Amid central Iowa’s lawn-watering ban, Gov. Reynolds said regulating the agriculture industry is not the answer to Iowa’s ...

Central Iowa Water Works has enforced a lawn watering ban for a month due to fluctuating nitrate levels in local rivers, ...

For nearly a month, hundreds of thousands of Iowans have not been allowed to water their lawns—even though there's no drought ...

Asked about protesters who attended a Thursday groundbreaking in Des Moines, demanding action on agricultural pollution and ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds this week said regulation is not the answer to address high nitrate levels in Iowa's drinking water, ...

The North Raccoon River routinely has elevated levels of nitrate contamination.   Buy Photo Thanks in large part to nitrate ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds says regulation is not the answer to address high nitrate levels in Iowa's drinking water, and farmers are already adopting conservation practices voluntarily.

Myersville's water quality meets state standards, even as work continues on efforts to remove dangerous "forever chemicals" from the water system, according to a state report. The water meets primary ...