According to the Iowa Environmental Council, fertilizers are one of the main sources of nitrate pollution in the state.

The Des Moines area’s first-ever lawn watering ban helps Central Iowa Water Works keep up with nitrate removal to provide ...

Treatment facilities continue to produce water safe for drinking. Rumors contrary to that are untrue, local water officials say.

Iowans in communities around the state, primarily in central and southern regions, have been told to refrain from watering ...

"Our water continues to meet all safe drinking water standards," said Tami Madsen, executive director of Central Iowa Water ...

Given the drought conditions in some locations this year, many producers may be asking themselves how to handle the annual ...

Des Moines Water Works CEO Ted Corrigan attributes the nitrate problem in Iowa's water to farm fertilizers, while local ...

A ban on watering lawns has been issued in the Des Moines metro area for the first time to avoid a potential water crisis due to high concentrations of nitrates.

Local officials are warning more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs that near-record level of ...

Central Iowa Water Works issued its first-ever lawn watering ban last week, affecting more than 600,000 customers.

Despite elevated levels of nitrates in the Iowa River, Marshalltown residents do not have to worry about their drinking water ...

As nitrate levels in Central Iowa’s drinking water sources remain at near-historic highs, local companies that offer home ...