As summer nears, officials from Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) and Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) are warning residents and ...

Nebraska’s Central Platte Natural Resources District partners with farmers and uses technology to slowly lower groundwater ...

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter. That's forcing the state's largest city, Des Moines, ...

Des Moines' nitrate removal facility has operated nearly 90% of days thus far in 2026, a spokesperson for Central Iowa Water ...

Central Iowa Water Works ran the nitrate removal facility for most of March after daily tests showed high levels of the ...

Nitrate is a compound that often ends up in drinking water through fertilizer runoff. Farmers use nitrate-rich fertilizers to grow crops. When it rains, the excess nitrate seeps into groundwater and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of ...

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 ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A warning has been issued for unhealthy drinking water in multiple towns in the south suburbs, which is especially dangerous for infants. The village of University Park ...

The Carson City Board of Supervisors on Thursday voted 3-2 to approve a $746,763.60 contract including contingency funding ...