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

Electrochemically converting the nitrate found in contaminated water into ammonia offers a potentially environmentally ...

Celebrate the Fourth of July weekend at splash pads, pools and slip-and-slides, says Central Iowa Water Works. But lawn ...

In a corn field within St. Peter’s 4,500-acre Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA), three water and sediment control ...

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 ...

Central Iowa’s regional water authority has issued an immediate ban on watering lawns as river nitrate levels threaten to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Central Iowa Water Works officials on Thursday imposed a ban on lawn watering. The ban is effective immediately and in place until further notice for the 600,000 residential ...

For several weeks, nitrate levels in the rivers have been so high, treatment plants across central Iowa are having a hard time treating it including Des Moines Water Works. The agency treats an ...