Grimes water treatment plant expanding to keep up with demand and nitrates

Last year’s high nitrate levels brought new interest and attention to water treatment across the metro, and one treatment ...
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How nitrate pollution has cut off a quarter of Pratt's water supply

PRATT —Nitrate pollution has forced a central Kansas town to shut off two wells that make up nearly one-quarter of its total permissible water supply. The state of Kansas will help Pratt afford the ...
AZ Central

This West Valley city opened a new groundwater treatment facility. Here's what we know

Goodyear has opened a new groundwater treatment facility that uses a new, more efficient technology from California company Microvi. The facility lowers the amount of nitrates from the groundwater, ...
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Buckle up. Des Moines's lawn watering ban is cutting demand, but unlikely to end soon.

Central Iowa Water Works says its first-ever ban on lawn watering is cutting demand and easing worries that its utilities — hampered by high levels of health-endangering nitrates in the Raccoon and ...
KEYT

Elevated nitrate levels strain Des Moines water treatment facility

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — For the last several weeks, Des Moines Water Works has been dealing with elevated nitrate levels in drinking water, forcing its Fleur Drive facility to operate at full ...
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Des Moines Water Works CEO links nitrate issue to farm fertilizers

NOW. CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS SAYS NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR LOCAL RIVERS ARE GOING DOWN. FOR THE MOST PART. YOU CAN SEE THOSE LEVELS OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. NITRATES IN THE ...