Denitrification bioreactors are engineered systems designed to remove nitrate from contaminated waters, particularly those influenced by agricultural practices. By utilising a solid carbon ...

Water pumps through tanks in the nitrate removal facility at the Fleur Drive Treatment Plant in Des Moines. Operating the system at full capacity can cost upwards of $16,000 per day. The drinking ...

Water officials want Des Moines metro property owners to rethink their lawn watering plans now to help avoid a second ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Central Iowa Water Works says they have activated their nitrate removal facility due to heightened nitrate levels in the Des ...

Iowa’s drought of more than three years has significantly reduced the amount of farm fertilizers in the state’s streams, but that doesn’t guarantee a complete nitrate reprieve for the Des Moines metro ...

Central Iowa Water Works is removing nitrates and keeping levels below the EPA's threshold of 10 milligrams per liter. But what happens to those nitrates after they're removed from our water? KCCI's ...

WE’RE TRACKING THAT SNOW CHANCE AND THE COLDER TEMPERATURES HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. NEW AT FIVE. NITRATE LEVELS ARE HIGH AGAIN IN CENTRAL IOWA’S MAIN DRINKING WATER SOURCES. AND NOW OFFICIALS ARE ...