Central Iowa Water Works says they have activated their nitrate removal facility due to heightened nitrate levels in the Des ...

The Central Iowa Water Works started running part of its nitrate removal facility last week for the first time in January in ...

Elevated nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers prompted Central Iowa Water Works to start up its nitrate removal system this month. A network of water quality sensors shows a similar ...

In spring and summer 2025, the nitrate removal facility ran in part of fully for 112 days. A wet July drove nitrates out of ...

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 ...

Recent studies have found elevated levels of nitrate in drinking water correlates with health issues like cancer and thyroid disease — even below what current federal standards deem as safe. But ...

LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN THIS HIGH. SO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NITRATES, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRATE? NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH THOSE ...

City officials in Fairview have sent out a warning that high levels of nitrate were detected in the city's water system. Officials said parents should not give tap water to children six months old or ...

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa rivers this summer. Concentrations are typically ...

After decades of farm and food processing pollution contaminating groundwater in Northeastern Oregon, state regulators are ...

Due to high nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers, Central Iowa Water Works has had to activate its nitrate ...