STORY COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) - Farmers in Central Iowa say they’re continuously monitoring and working to limit the amount of nitrogen used on their land, which can lead to nitrate levels in waterways, ...

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.

For nearly a month, hundreds of thousands of Iowans have not been allowed to water their lawns — even though there’s no ...

Home reverse osmosis systems are becoming more popular in central Iowa as nitrates affect public drinking water supplies.

A new report highlights concerning concentrations of cancer-causing nitrate, arsenic, and chromium-6 in U.S. tap water.

Faced with a water-quality crisis, Iowa grapples to find a solution: Is it more treatment, voluntary conservation, regulation ...

Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more ...

Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new peer-reviewed ...

Alshahrani, W. and Aladham, M. (2025) Excision of Remnant of Fallopian Tube at Vaginal Vault Mistaken for Granulation Tissue after Total Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report. Advances in Sexual ...

Nitrate Watch volunteer taking a reading in the field. Courtesy of Nitrate Watch volunteer. Boone County on April 24, 2025.

Farmers often face tough decisions about how much nitrogen to apply to corn, especially when spring weather disrupts ...