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 ...

Nitrate pollution is likely to force more water-use restrictions. Iowa’s problems are uniquely severe: It has plenty of water ...

The only way you’ll know is if you get tested,” said a representative for the nonprofit Valley Water Collaborative.

Des Moines Water Works is facing challenges as elevated nitrate levels push its Fleur Drive facility to operate beyond its ...

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

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 ...

Both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers remain above recommended nitrate levels, at 12.25 mg/L and 13.99 mg/L, respectively. Because of those high levels, a watering ban remains in place in the Des ...

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