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A billboard near Avoca encourage Iowans to monitor their water for nitrate. (Photo by Taylor Thomas/Nishnabotna Water Defenders) The eyes of dead fish and the message “know what you drink” adorn a new ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction requested by the Environmental Protection Agency that will force Granger-area dairies to test for nitrates in nearby residential drinking water.

The nonprofit Valley Water Collaborative provides free domestic well testing and clean drinking water to people in the San Joaquin Valley who are affected by high nitrate levels. The service is part ...

BRAINERD — Crow Wing County area residents can have their drinking water tested for free 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 14 at the Crow Wing County Land Services Building in meeting room 1. Walk through the front ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much of central Iowa remains under a lawn watering ban due to elevated nitrate levels in water sources. While officials assure residents that tap water is safe to drink, discrepancies between at-home ...