WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Central Iowa Water Works is holding a press conference Friday afternoon to share updates on the nitrate situation in source waters, the Des Moines and Racoon rivers, ...

The latest 10 days of test results show the fluctuations, especially in the Raccoon River. The Des Moines shows less activity. Water officials say the two rivers can have different results based on ...

Central Iowa Water Works is lifting said Friday, July 18, that residential water users will be allowed first to begin ...

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The Raccoon River in Des Moines is considered impaired, due to high nitrate levels, although studies show that level slightly decreasing since 1987. Altogether, Iowa has 479 impaired rivers, lakes ...

Des Moines Water Works, which serves Iowa’s largest metro, can activate a nitrate removal facility when concentrations in the two rivers it draws from are high. It costs around $10,000 per day.

Nitrate contamination is something Des Moines has continuously dealt with for years due to farm fertilizers running off into the river. In 2022, the issue prompted the company to install a ...

Most of the Iowa water treatment departments that work to remove nitrates from drinking water dump the chemical back into the water supply where other cities will have to remove it.

Conservationists say low flows and concentrated pollutants such as ammonia and nitrates - that come from the likes of farming ...

Nitrates, fecal bacteria, sediment and other pollutants in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threaten safe drinking water for 20% of the state’s population. That's one of the findings from a ...

The Mississippi River seen during a Lighthawk flight on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Missouri. Water from 31 states and two Canadian provinces drain into the Mississippi. Decades of data show nitrate ...

Des Moines Water Works, which serves Iowa’s largest metro, can activate a nitrate removal facility when concentrations in the two rivers it draws from are high. It costs around $10,000 per day.