Water Quality

The state's largest water utility has changed how it staffs its water treatment facility since the beginning of the pandemic. The utility's CEO also says they are working to find a collaborative path forward between legislation and litigation to address water quality issues in central Iowa in 2021.

The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that challenges the legislature’s voluntary approach to regulating nutrient pollution in the Raccoon River from farm runoff.

The overall number of waterbody segments that have been designated impaired has decreased slightly since 2018, according to the state's draft impaired waters list. But the rate of rivers, lakes and streams that are impaired has increased.

An environmental scientist describes what the EPA rollbacks during the Trump administration mean for air and water quality in the Midwest and for the coming climate crisis.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working with Hy-Vee to prevent milky water from reaching an Ankeny creek after 800 gallons of spoiled milk were poured down a storm drain.

A new analysis of drinking water systems shows communities in five Midwest states have legal but potentially worrying levels of nitrates. The…

The film "Erin Brockovich," starring Julia Roberts came out in 2000 and is based on the true story of Brockovich, a legal researcher, activist and single…

The new director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources appears to be on track to be confirmed to the post after a hearing in an Iowa Senate…

Farmers and landowners enrolling acres in the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program have a new practice available to them.Areas of…

The top Democrat in the Iowa Senate said she is thankful that federal investigators are looking into possible civil rights violations at two residential…