(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...

Oregon Rural Action's Ana Maria Rodriguez conducts a rapid test on a jar of water brought from Boardman, Ore.., which tested above the federal standard of 10 milligrams per liter. Monica Samayoa / OPB ...

Late last year, the Oregon Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Quality proposed the long-overdue renewal of a permit ...

After decades of farm and food processing pollution contaminating groundwater in northeast Oregon, state regulators are ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS IS GIVING US AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THE WATER COMING THROUGH ITS TREATMENT FACILITIES IS TESTED FOR NITRATES. THEY SAY THEIR MACHINES ARE ACCURATE DOWN ...

The Oregon Health Authority since 2024 found that at least 634 domestic drinking water wells in the area contain unsafe ...

A billboard near Avoca in southwest Iowa encourages Iowans to monitor their water for nitrate. (Nishnabotna Water Defenders via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...

Mower County residents who drink water from a private well can have a sample tested for nitrate next week in Austin at no charge. Mower Soil & Water Conservation District is offering the no-cost ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - How many nitrates are in your drinking water? The state is offering drinking water well owners the opportunity to find out exactly. The Nebraska Department of Environment and ...

The connection between what happens on the surface and what happens underneath was explained in a recent webinar focusing on ...

BRAINERD — Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District will be hosting free well water nitrate testing events in Brainerd, Garrison and Crosslake in August. Testing events will be Aug. 8 in the ...