DES MOINES, Iowa — Nitrate milligrams per liter has become a phrase central Iowans are all too familiar with this year as Central Iowa Water Works has had a mandatory restriction in place for lawn ...

As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

Over the past several weeks, nitrate levels in the Des Moines metro's drinking water have been a hot topic of discussion. A lawn watering ban that was implemented June 12 prompted rumors of a ...

On this week's edition of KCCI Close Up, chief political reporter Amanda Rooker and investigative reporter Suzanne Behnke talk about the ongoing problems with Iowa's water sources, including high ...

Nitrate levels in the Raccoon River are the highest they have been since 2013, forcing local officials in central Iowa to enact a lawn watering ban for the first time. The stage three water shortage ...

Water Works says there has been improvement in demand. They say water usage has dropped by 30-percent... simply from banning folks from watering their lawns. Nitrate ...

Ecology is working with other state and local government agencies to reduce nitrate contamination so everyone in the Lower ...

It's been a summer of concerns over nitrates in bodies of water with some of Iowa's rivers testing above safe levels. Now, Linn County’s chapter of the Izaak Walton League or America has a tool you ...

TOMAH, Wis. (WEAU) - The City of Tomah is advising residents about the nitrate levels of one of the water wells, while telling residents the water is safe to drink. The well in question tested for ...

Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record levels of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if ...

While publicly registered drinking water must meet government standards and regulations, people accessing private groundwater ...

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 ...