Nitrates in drinking water pose serious health problems, but a new low-tech solution from Israel is coming to the rescue. Rainstorms wash away what nature can’t clean up, but this often comes at a ...

Animal waste and nitrogen-based agricultural fertilizers contribute to nitrate runoff, which ends up in creeks, streams, rain and, eventually, water systems. Nitrate, that mix of nitrogen and oxygen, ...

SLATER, Iowa — Nick Helland’s central Iowa farm looks much like every other nearby farm on this chilly March day, with corn stubble stretching from a gravel road up over a low hill to the northern ...

A lawsuit filed two years ago by the Des Moines Water Works against three drainage districts in northwest Iowa drew a lot of attention to agriculture-generated nutrients in Iowa's streams and rivers.

Nick Helland’s central Iowa farm looks much like every other nearby farm on this chilly March day, with corn stubble stretching from a gravel road up over a low hill to the northern horizon. But look ...

Up to 42,000 people in Stanislaus and Merced counties soon will get free bottled water because their wells are high in nitrate. The cost of at least $1 million a year will be borne by farmers and ...

When nitrate levels reach a certain level, specialized — and expensive — equipment is required to remove the nitrate and make the water safe for drinking. The lawsuit claimed the nutrients were coming ...