(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

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 ...

Reno County said Tuesday that testing of the water in Rural Water District 101 in the Yoder area shows nitrates at 12 ...

DODGE CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Dodge City Public Works department was notified that on March 14, a water quality sample showed nitrate levels above the maximum level allowed for community ...

INVESTIGATION. GREW UP IN THE COUNTY. THREE ALMONDS, GRAPES AT ONE TIME, ALMONDS ALL AROUND. NOW MARTHA LLORENS LIVES IN THE SHADE OF ALMOND TREES IN THE HOUSE WHERE SHE GREW UP. IT WAS NICE BACK THEN ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - As part of a statewide study of nitrate pollution in Nebraska aquifers, the state is asking owners of private drinking water wells to conduct a free test of their ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — Free water-test kits now are available for delivery to qualifying private well users in Southeastern Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is offering a limited quantity of ...

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.

Morrow County is in the midst of a water emergency after extremely high levels of nitrates were found in well water used by community members.

PESCADERO, Calif. (KGO) -- Drinking water is contaminated with nitrate at two San Mateo County schools. It's a decades-old problem that resurfaced in a local science classroom. "It's horrible looking ...

STORMS OUT COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANK YOU. WE’RE FOLLOWING MORE BREAKING NEWS, THIS TIME FROM CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS. CUSTOMERS ARE BEING ASKED TO CUT THEIR WATER USE. WATER ...

Gabriel Lade received funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct this research.