Rural Nebraska’s nitrate problem doesn’t appear to be getting any better – the results of the recent testing are roughly in ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently added segments of five rivers near large Iowa cities including Cedar Rapids to the state's impaired waters list for nitrate — over the repeated ...

The rivers and streams of Bristol contain too high levels of phosphates and nitrates, which is impacting on the health and ...

The Brookhaven development southwest of Shakopee has elevated nitrate levels in water that exceed EPA limits, according to a new state water report. The Minnesota Department of Health report ...

Corn that was drought-stressed this year will have higher toxic nitrate levels, so be very careful during the silage-making process. Corn silage with high nitrate levels poses a higher risk to ...

Hoback Junction sits south of Jackson Hole and is not on a public sewer line. Many residents drill private wells that tap ...

City of Brantford Council received information in regards to nitrate levels in the Grand River during a Committee of the ...

Sustainability with Tirlán discusses the River Slaney water quality project and the collaboration taking place to get results ...

Rivers receive mobile anions (negatively charged ions that easily leach out of soils) such as nitrate (NO 3-) from the watersheds that they drain. Given factors such as increases in fertilizer use, ...

The number of rivers achieving the best rating for a low presence of chemicals rose from 88% in 2015. While the amount of nitrate in the water has increased in some areas it is not at a dangerous ...

coli, nitrates and phosphates Cattle drinking from watercourses and leaving droppings in the river was another cause of polluted water, as well as run-off from fertiliser spread on fields.

The plants begin to die. Excessive nutrients (nitrates) from fertilisers are flushed from the land into rivers by rainwater. Oxygen levels reach such a low point that fish and other organisms ...