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For safe drinking water, Des Moines Water Works activates rarely-used nitrate removal plant
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSpiking nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers have prompted Des Moines Water Works to...
Free well water nitrate screening offered at county fair
The Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Logan County Department of Public Health will be offering free nitrate screenings for drinking...
Nitrate has plagued Wisconsin's groundwater for decades. Why is the problem so hard to solve?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCASCO, Wis. - When Tyler Frye purchased his home in 2020, he saw the Casco area in Kewaunee County...
At what level of 'do something' should agriculture begin to clean up nitrates?
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoFor at least the past decade, The New Lede (TNL) reported last September, “a growing number of...
How safe is America's drinking water?
The Week via Yahoo News· 12 months agoUSA map filling with unclean water Illustrated / Getty Images While it is generally fine to consume tap water in the United States, there are still...
Rural Wisconsinites see farm pollution, PFAS as big threats to clean drinking water, UW survey finds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRural Wisconsinites greatly value their water but believe that farm pollution and other practices...
Your drinking water could contain fewer hazardous 'forever chemicals' under new federal rules
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe EPA finalized the first-ever limits on PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in drinking water.Getty...
Fresno State student shares his experience of growing up without safe water at home
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoGrowing up in Dinuba, my family and I worried about whether the water coming out of our tap was safe...
Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates...
Minnesota’s nitrate plan for farmers, cities slow to take root
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn 20 communities around Minnesota, the drinking water supply is so contaminated with toxic nitrate...