Nitrate levels in central Iowa rivers are unusually high for January, prompting early water treatment and raising concerns ...

Elevated nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers prompted Central Iowa Water Works to start up its nitrate removal system this month. A network of water quality sensors shows a similar ...

EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. WELL, STAYING ON THE TOPIC OF WATER, THE NITRATE LEVELS IN THE DES MOINES AND RACCOON RIVERS ARE DROPPING. GREAT NEWS. YESTERDAY, THE LEVEL IN THE DES MOINES RIVER WAS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Raccoon River weaves past downtown Des Moines, Iowa The Raccoon River weaves past downtown Des Moines, Iowa, in June 2025..

Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa rivers this summer. Sign up for our Newsletters Concentrations are ...

Central Iowa Water Works is phasing out of its first-ever lawn watering ban, which has been in place since June 12 on account of sustained high nitrate levels in source water rivers. A comparison of ...

Water quality experts say Iowans who get their water from private wells are more vulnerable to the health risks associated with nitrates.

The connection between what happens on the surface and what happens underneath was explained in a recent webinar focusing on ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make ...

YODER, Kan. (KSNW) — Nitrate levels for the water district that serves the Yoder community are still too high. The Reno County Public Works Department says tests earlier this month show that Rural ...