Warmer Winters Causing Costly Water Pollution Crisis April 2, 2026 By Melina Walling When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around...
Des Moines, Iowa Officials Issue Warning Over High Levels of Nitrates in Drinking Water June 17, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record...
Many Nebraskans Still Under Threat of High Nitrate in Drinking Water February 18, 2025 By Yanqi Xu, Flatwater Free Press In 2023, nearly 29,000 households scattered across rural Nebraska received postcards instructing them how to get their drinking water tested,...
Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Water Utility’s Effort Against Drainage Districts January 30, 2017 By David Pitt A divided Iowa Supreme Court on Jan. 27 upheld a legal doctrine going back 100 years that protects agriculture drainage...
Case Before Iowa Supreme Court Pits Water Supplier Against Farmers September 16, 2016 By David Pitt The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments and must now decide whether to weigh in on a federal lawsuit that pits...