KCCI Investigates: Central Iowa Water Works running nitrate removal facility, rare in January

In spring and summer 2025, the nitrate removal facility ran in part of fully for 112 days. "It has been quite a year," Madsen ...
Politifact

Investigators say 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate likely caused by leak, not by a grand conspiracy

About 30 tons of ammonium nitrate disappeared from a rail car on a train traveling to California in April. The chemical compound is used in fertilizers and explosives and can be dangerous to store.
Earth.com

From farmland to freshwater: How nitrate pollution travels

Researchers explain how nitrate from farming and fish ponds moves through water and pollutes freshwater lakes.
The Gazette

Nitrate spiked in Cedar Rapids water this year

Lime and other particles settle to the bottom of one of the clarifiers as part of the water treatment process at the J Avenue NE Water Treatment Plant in northeast Cedar Rapids. Heavy rains after ...
KCCI Des Moines

Study of births in Iowa finds potential prenatal risk linked to nitrates in drinking water

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. NEW TONIGHT A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED THIS AFTERNOON FOCUSES ON PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO NITRATES IN DRINKING WATER. AND TONIGHT WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT STUDY. AND WE’RE HEARING ...