Water Quality

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…

A top Iowa lawmaker says Senate Republicans are developing a tax package that may include a sales tax increase to fund water quality efforts and outdoor…

A possible solution for one form of water pollution is moving out of the lab and into the field in Nebraska, in a development that could revive some…

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…