Iowa’s water problem is not a mystery. High nitrate loads from agricultural runoff have pushed drinking water utilities like Des Moines Water Works into record stretches...
For years Iowa treated dirty water as weather. A wet spring. A dry winter. A week the Raccoon ran high and the plant on Fleur Drive...
Gov. Kim Reynolds defended Iowa’s water-quality efforts and the stewardship of farmers during a May 1 press conference. In the weeks that followed, the state and...