Iowa Waters

Environmental advocates are calling attention to the state of the Upper Mississippi River levee system, which was under pressure this past spring as…

Sixteen-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg took her weekly climate strike to Iowa City Friday, and was welcomed by local elected officials and…

The U.S. Geological Survey is expanding its network of water quality sensors to include a first-of-its-kind mobile sensor – that will cruise the…

Iowa’s elected conservationists want to stop farmers from planting up to the edges of creeks and rivers. A statewide association is pushing for mandatory…

Iowa is seeing certain impacts of climate change impacts more clearly than much of the rest of the country, according to a new analysis for the Iowa…

An analysis by University of Iowa researchers has found a state-funded program for testing private wells suffers from “severe underutilization." The…

An artistic couple who are largely running and biking their way along the length of the Mississippi River passed through LeClaire Friday. The trek from…

A coalition of environmental groups wants presidential candidates to treat drinking water as a top policy priority, and is asking them to build out their…

Local, state and federal officials have formed a working group to address Iowa’s PFAS contamination and any impacts to drinking water. Iowa is one of a…

Eastern Iowa residents will have a chance to weigh in on flooding, drought and navigation on the Mississippi River at public meetings this month. Events…