Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa needs to cut the amount of nitrate in five rivers — including the Cedar River — because ...

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

Extreme weather spurred by climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from ...

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

A UC Davis study reveals that extreme weather, such as heavy rains following droughts, rapidly pushes nitrates from fertilizers into groundwater, posing drinking water risks. Nitrate levels from these ...

The study found heavy rains after a drought caused nitrates to seep 33 feet under farm fields in as little as 10 days. The study was published in Water Resources Research. "The conventional wisdom ...

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

Several Kansas counties are seeing a dramatic increase in groundwater contamination. The region’s nitrate pollution comes ...

Impaired waters have an identified pollutant that exceeds water quality standards and require a water improvement plan, known ...

UC Davis researchers insert a device that continuously collects water samples underground, providing real-time data on nitrate contaminant movement. (Isaya Kisekka / UC Davis) Extreme weather spurred ...