Despite a plethora of rules regulating ammonium nitrate, the chemical has become the most common explosive used in terror ...

The Texas Well Owner Network will host a private water well screening for Briscoe County and Hall County residents on Feb.

Water officials want Des Moines metro property owners to rethink their lawn watering plans now to help avoid a second ...

Iowa’s top agriculture official says the state’s nutrient reduction strategy is making progress in improving water quality.

Nitrogen pollution is a serious concern for the agriculture industry. Agricultural fertilizers contain nitrogen, an essential nutrient for plant health. However, these fertilizers also produce ...

The Texas Well Owner Network will host a private water well screening for Bastrop County and Lee County residents on Feb. 2-3 ...

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

Nitrates are a crucial nutrient for crops and are present in fertilizers. Still, too much can leach into groundwater and ...

Human activities add large quantities of nitrogen to the environment, much of which gets washed into streams and rivers.

Chris Jones, an author, researcher and Iowa water quality advocate, launched his campaign for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.

Water pumps through tanks in the nitrate removal facility at the Fleur Drive Treatment Plant in Des Moines. Operating the system at full capacity can cost upwards of $16,000 per day. The drinking ...

WE’RE TRACKING THAT SNOW CHANCE AND THE COLDER TEMPERATURES HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. NEW AT FIVE. NITRATE LEVELS ARE HIGH AGAIN IN CENTRAL IOWA’S MAIN DRINKING WATER SOURCES. AND NOW OFFICIALS ARE ...