A new report from the Alliance for the Great Lakes finds agricultural runoff is driving nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s ...

Nitrates and nitrites are naturally occurring compounds that are found in vegetables and added to processed meats. Nitrates convert to nitrites that can become either beneficial nitric oxide or ...

Environmental groups penned a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging the federal agency to maintain its ...

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 ...

Rich Gradoville reads the results of a test strip he dipped into a spot along the Des Moines River to monitor the nitrate levels, and records the results on an app on his phone. (Photo by Cami ...

Citizen scientists in Iowa are monitoring nitrate levels in streams and drinking water through the Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch program. The data collected supplements state monitoring efforts ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A ban on lawn watering across the Central Iowa Water Works system is staying in place. Staff said conservation efforts over the weekend helped to keep nitrate levels in drinking ...

MANITOWOC – Private well owners are encouraged to get well water tested each year for the presence of nitrates. Manitowoc County Soil & Water Conservation Department March 10-14 will offer free well ...

A study conducted in Nebraska reveals that agricultural nitrate can mobilize natural uranium in Midwestern aquifers, ...