A highly anticipated two-year water quality study by Polk County was released Tuesday, confirming that the nitrate in the ...

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

Central Iowa officials will provide updates about nitrate concentration levels, water conservation efforts and more this ...

A new report commissioned by Polk County says that agriculture is the driving factor of high pollution levels in area rivers ...

For what's apparently the first time since Central Iowa Water Works imposed an unprecedented lawn-watering ban June 12, ...

The total operating cost from 2013 through 2024: $2.4 million. If you add in maintenance, insurance and other costs, the ...

Nitrate levels remain elevated in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, two of the drinking water sources for Central Iowa Water ...

Nitrate levels in the Cedar River, which supplies drinking water for Cedar Rapids, have increased in recent days, but remain ...

In Des Moines, the problem’s gotten so bad that lawn watering has been prohibited. But cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa city ...

Iowa’s rivers and streams continue to be plagued by nitrates, and the problem is not getting better after years of legislative efforts that tip-toe around the problem. In central Iowa, drinking water ...

Nitrate levels are still at dangerous levels in Des Moines’ rivers. To keep the area’s sources for drinking water from ...

Despite elevated levels of nitrates in the Iowa River, Marshalltown residents do not have to worry about their drinking water ...