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 ...

LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN THIS HIGH. SO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NITRATES, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRATE? NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH THOSE ...

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 ...

Central Iowa Water Works is removing nitrates and keeping levels below the EPA's threshold of 10 milligrams per liter. But what happens to those nitrates after they're removed from our water? KCCI's ...

For the first time on record, the Des Moines region's water authority has banned its 600,000 commercial and residential customers from watering their lawns, effective immediately, as high levels of ...

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