As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

Made with a form of charcoal called biochar, this fertilizer would release nitrogen onto crops more slowly, reducing ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR TAP. AND WE ARE WORKING TO ANSWER ALL OF THEM. SO HERE’S ONE THAT WE’VE BEEN ASKED A LOT.

MANITOWOC – Private well owners are encouraged to get well water tested each year for the presence of nitrates. Manitowoc County Soil & Water Conservation Department March 10-14 will offer free well ...

A water company that has identified rising nitrate levels in raw untreated water is planning to improve some of its treatment sites with almost £50m of investment. Anglian Water says it is being ...

Nitrate levels in the Raccoon River are the highest they have been since 2013, forcing local officials in central Iowa to enact a lawn watering ban for the first time. The stage three water shortage ...

Central Iowa Water Works is removing nitrates and keeping levels below the EPA's threshold of 10 milligrams per liter. But what happens to those nitrates after they're removed from our water? KCCI's ...

For decades, the city of Randall, Minn., just northwest of Little Falls, relied on two wells to supply drinking water to its 650 residents. Then, in 2015, a routine water sample the city sent to the ...

Over the past several weeks, nitrate levels in the Des Moines metro's drinking water have been a hot topic of discussion. A lawn watering ban that was implemented June 12 prompted rumors of a ...