Hard water occurs when rain, which is soft, passes through porous rock and picks up minerals like magnesium and calcium along the way. These impurities can lead to a build-up of limescale in your home ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

Homeowners in Mason, Manistee and Lake counties will have the opportunity to screen their private well water for nitrates and nitrites during a free testing event hosted by ...

Maxwell Farms, also known as Maxwell United, won the 2024 Iowa Conservation Farmers of the Year. KCCI spoke with a farmer who shared what they and others do.

A small crowd of protesters gathered outside of a Thursday event with signs decrying Iowa’s water quality, which incited the ...

The state and other partners are launching a $1.94 million project in five Iowa counties to reduce nitrate runoff into the ...

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 ...