Phys.org

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it's safe

About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are entirely responsible for ensuring that the water from their wells is safe for ...
KCCI Des Moines

Central Iowa water quality experts say at-home nitrate test kits are unreliable

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...

Press release: Limited-time discounted well water testing offered at the Health Department

Water testing is available to homeowners, cabin owners or vacation homeowners with private wells in all counties.
WXOW News 19

La Crosse County encourages private well owners to test water as contamination risks shift

Private well owners in La Crosse County are being urged to test their water, as contaminants like nitrates and bacteria can ...
The Journal

Why measuring nitrate matters to water quality

Understanding how much nitrate is present in irrigation water is important not only for farm management decisions, but also for protecting the quality of drinking water, according to research from ...

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around ...
OPB

All water well owners in the Lower Umatilla Basin offered nitrate testing, Oregon officials say

Oregon Rural Action's Ana Maria Rodriguez conducts a rapid test on a jar of water brought from Boardman, Ore.., which tested above the federal standard of 10 milligrams per liter. Monica Samayoa / OPB ...
KTVZ

Amid Umatilla Basin nitrate crisis, Oregon Health Authority mails drinking water test trips to untested households

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...
The Gazette

Nishnabotna water group urges community nitrate testing with new billboard

The eyes of dead fish and the message “know what you drink” adorn a new billboard near Avoca that urges Iowans to monitor nitrate levels in their water. The billboard is the first of several that the ...

Iowa volunteers begin water testing as advocates push for state funding

Iowa volunteers concerned with the state’s water quality are beginning a new season of independently testing for nitrates in ...
MinnPost

Millions in the US use well water, but few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are entirely responsible for ensuring that the water from their wells is safe for ...
The Conversation

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

Gabriel Lade received funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct this research.