The lawn watering ban is still in effect going into the holiday weekend. Central Iowa Water Works said they need to see a sustained downward trend in nitrate before ...

Nitrates, fecal bacteria, sediment and other pollutants in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threaten safe drinking water for ...

You've got questions about Central Iowa's water since officials have banned commercial and residential lawn watering due to ...

The 28 updated nutrient Basin Management Action Plans target the Santa Fe and Suwannee Rivers, among other waterways.

It comes as the EPA published its annual full monitoring network results of the levels of nitrogen and phosphorus for 2024 ...

One man is dead following a shooting on Des Moines’ east side early Wednesday morning. Sgt. Paul Parizek, Public Information ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cautioned that "nitrate concentrations remain too high in many parts of the ...

Schools that participated in a recent national water quality testing campaign were found to have unsafe drinking water.

The North Raccoon River routinely has elevated levels of nitrate contamination.   Buy Photo Nitrate pollution is no longer just ...