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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dec. 13—Some Centralia area residents living in the Fords Prairie neighborhood near Centralia High School and the banks of the Chehalis River are now questioning whether it's safe to drink the water ...

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 ...

Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa ...

Des Moines Water Works spent over $1 million to treat near-record nitrate levels this summer that necessitated a law-watering ban A study is underway to determine the best approach for expanding ...

YODER, Kan. (KSNW) — Nitrate levels for the water district that serves the Yoder community are still too high. The Reno County Public Works Department says tests earlier this month show that Rural ...

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 ...

The Des Moines River winds through agricultural land in Boone County. Nitrate levels reached 16.66 milligrams per liter in the Des Moines River June 12 and 19.39 mg/L in the Raccoon River June 9. With ...

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 ...