North County residents who reside within the Big Water Groundwater Basin and get their water from a domestic well can receive ...

Excess soil moisture, which we’ve had in spades, causes nitrogen loss in crop fields from leaching or denitrification.

Continued helium use in gas chromatography–mass spectrometry/flame ionization detection has proven problematic. To combat ...

In the nation’s leading pork-producing state, animal waste fuels crop growth but impairs water quality in a leaky circular ...

DEQ maintains a list of degraded groundwater areas throughout the state, which are referred to as nitrate priority areas. The Burley sampling event is designed to revisit sites in the Marsh Creek ...

A new study aims to help Minnesota farmers improve nitrogen efficiency. University of Minnesota researcher Emerson Souza says they are updating the pre-side dress nitrate test to account for ...

Nitrate levels remain elevated in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, two of the drinking water sources for Central Iowa Water Works' 600,000 customers. The regional utility recently shared how it ...

Even low levels of nitrate—a common agricultural runoff and drinking water contaminant—are associated with increased risks of preterm birth and low birthweight babies, according to a study ...

While nitrate levels may briefly drop immediately following rainfall, levels will often rise even higher with new upstream run-off.

Experts say the test strips don't usually measure the same part of the nitrate ion that Central Iowa Water Works uses to determine safe drinking water.

This simple fitness test might predict how long you’ll live Try the sitting-rising test. A new study shows that people who can do it without support are likely to live longer.

As near-record nitrate levels strain water supply, Central Iowa Water Works asks residents to slash watering, and contemplates a first-ever ban ...