Nitrate levels in rivers, the highest since 2013, are forcing the Des Moines Water Works to operate its nitrate removal system at capacity. Officials may ban lawn irrigation if the levels don't ...

Iowa’s drought of more than three years has significantly reduced the amount of farm fertilizers in the state’s streams, but that doesn’t guarantee a complete nitrate reprieve for the Des Moines metro ...

Over the past several weeks, nitrate levels in the Des Moines metro's drinking water have been a hot topic of discussion. A lawn watering ban that was implemented June 12 prompted rumors of a ...

This bioreactor in Gifford is scheduled to go online soon. The bioreactor will remove nitrates from the village’s wastewater stream. It will be the first municipal-operated one in the state. Our ...

Iowa’s largest water utility has begun operating its nitrate removal facility, as nitrate levels have spiked in the rivers that are the source of drinking water to 600,000 customers. “It isn’t as easy ...

The Raccoon River is one of the sources of drinking water for Des Moines Water Works. The water utility says nitrate levels in the river are elevated due to a rainy spring, which washes nitrates off ...

DES MOINES (AP) -- A new cleanup system could help end complaints over Des Moines officials dumping nitrates removed from public water supplies back into the river that some southern Iowans must then ...

Funding for the system that monitors nitrate levels across Iowa's rivers is set to expire in 2026, leaving researchers without important data.

It’s been a wet spring across Iowa, but water utilities in the Des Moines area are asking people to save water because nitrate levels are high in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. The rivers are a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Nitrate pollution is no longer just some nebulous concept for residents of Iowa’s largest city, and the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowans in communities around the state, primarily in central and southern regions, have been told to refrain from watering their lawns, washing their cars ...