Last week, Central Iowa Water Works placed a ban on commercial and residential lawn watering to avoid violating federal ...

Central Iowa Water Works shared its plan to build new facilities and expand capacity at current facilities during a Tuesday ...

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.

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

Nitrate levels are still at dangerous levels in Des Moines’ rivers. To keep the area’s sources for drinking water from exceeding EPA standards, Central Iowa Water Works is continuing its ban on lawn ...

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

A ban on lawn watering across the Central Iowa Water Works system is staying in place. Staff said conservation efforts over the weekend helped to keep nitrate levels in drinking water within the ...

Water in Iowa has a lot of nitrate because of all the farmland across the state. The compound is a byproduct that comes out ...

Nitrate levels in Iowa's Raccoon River are at their highest since 2013. Lawn watering ban is trying to prevent more restrictions and keep water safe.

Central Iowa’s regional water authority has issued an immediate ban on watering lawns as river nitrate levels threaten to ...

Nitrate levels in the water supply for Reno County Rural Water District 101 remain above safe limits, officials confirmed this week.

But the officials declined to explain what they believe has caused the surge in nitrate levels, which has historically been tied to runoff from farmland draining into Des Moines-area rivers.