DES MOINES, Iowa — Nitrate milligrams per liter has become a phrase central Iowans are all too familiar with this year as Central Iowa Water Works has had a mandatory restriction in place for lawn ...

On this week's edition of KCCI Close Up, chief political reporter Amanda Rooker and investigative reporter Suzanne Behnke talk about the ongoing problems with Iowa's water sources, including high ...

Water Works says there has been improvement in demand. They say water usage has dropped by 30-percent... simply from banning folks from watering their lawns. Nitrate ...

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 ...

Dec. 13—Some Centralia area residents living in the Fords Prairie neighborhood near Centralia High School and the banks of the Chehalis River are now questioning whether it's safe to drink the water ...

Des Moines Water Works spent over $1 million to treat near-record nitrate levels this summer that necessitated a law-watering ban A study is underway to determine the best approach for expanding ...

YODER, Kan. (KSNW) — Nitrate levels for the water district that serves the Yoder community are still too high. The Reno County Public Works Department says tests earlier this month show that Rural ...

Nitrate levels in the Raccoon River are the highest they have been since 2013, forcing local officials in central Iowa to enact a lawn watering ban for the first time. The stage three water shortage ...

The Des Moines River winds through agricultural land in Boone County. Nitrate levels reached 16.66 milligrams per liter in the Des Moines River June 12 and 19.39 mg/L in the Raccoon River June 9. With ...

Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record levels of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if ...

Researchers explain how nitrate from farming and fish ponds moves through water and pollutes freshwater lakes.