KCCI investigates: Water expert says warm temps, former drought upping nitrate levels

Nitrate levels in central Iowa rivers are unusually high for January, prompting early water treatment and raising concerns ...
Iowa Public Radio

Uncommonly high nitrate levels this month lead Des Moines water treatment plant to run removal system

Elevated nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers prompted Central Iowa Water Works to start up its nitrate removal system this month. A network of water quality sensors shows a similar ...
Des Moines Register

Will Des Moines Water Works have to use nitrate removal system this year?

Iowa’s drought of more than three years has significantly reduced the amount of farm fertilizers in the state’s streams, but that doesn’t guarantee a complete nitrate reprieve for the Des Moines metro ...
KCCI Des Moines

Drop lawn water voluntarily by 50% to reduce supply issue, water officials urge central Iowans

STORMS OUT COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANK YOU. WE’RE FOLLOWING MORE BREAKING NEWS, THIS TIME FROM CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS. CUSTOMERS ARE BEING ASKED TO CUT THEIR WATER USE. WATER ...
Opinion
Food & Water WatchOpinion

Gov. Reynolds Ignores IA Water Crisis in Condition of the State Address

Governor silent amidst mounting calls to reign in industrial agriculture-linked water pollution, fund statewide water quality monitoring ...
KCCI Des Moines

Ottumwa uses unique method to combat rising nitrate levels

THE DES MOINES RIVER IS THE SOURCE FOR DRINKING WATER FOR 25,000 PEOPLE HERE IN OTTUMWA. BUT MAKING THAT WATER SAFE IS BECOMING A BIGGER AND BIGGER CHALLENGE. WE’RE NOT QUITE NEAR RECORD LEVELS YET, ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Iowans across the state asked to conserve water due to dry wells, high nitrate levels

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowans in communities around the state, primarily in central and southern regions, have been told to refrain from watering their lawns, washing their cars ...
Post-Bulletin

New nitrate system could mean cleaner water

DES MOINES (AP) -- A new cleanup system could help end complaints over Des Moines officials dumping nitrates removed from public water supplies back into the river that some southern Iowans must then ...