In Des Moines, the problem’s gotten so bad that lawn watering has been prohibited. But cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa city ...

Given the drought conditions in some locations this year, many producers may be asking themselves how to handle the annual forages they have standing in the field that may not have grown as much ...

Is it safe to boil your water? And should you? Des Moines residents have expressed confusion on social media after updated ...

What leveled Beirut on Tuesday sounds eerily similar to descriptions of a massive 1947 explosion in Texas City, Texas. The S.S. Grandcamp—carrying ammonium nitrate, fuel, and ammunition ...

A new study published Wednesday found exposure to nitrates in drinking water could increase the risk of adverse birth ...

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root ...

Experts say the test strips don't usually measure the same part of the nitrate ion that Central Iowa Water Works uses to ...

PT Pupuk Kujang’s research team has set up mass demonstration plots (demplots) of its locally developed NPK Nitrat fertilizer ...

A ban on lawn watering across the Central Iowa Water Works system is staying in place. Staff said conservation efforts over the weekend helped to keep nitrate levels in drinking water within the ...

As near-record nitrate levels strain water supply, Central Iowa Water Works asks residents to slash watering, and ...

Nitrate levels in rivers, the highest since 2013, ... water utilities must alert consumers so they won't give it to infants under 6 months old or use it to make baby formula.