Penn Live

Millions of people across US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

Groups at odds over proposed nitrate pollution rules for farmers in northeast Oregon

After decades of farm and food processing pollution contaminating groundwater in northeast Oregon, state regulators are ...

Proposed nitrate pollution rules for NE Oregon don’t seem to make anyone happy

The Oregon Health Authority since 2024 found that at least 634 domestic drinking water wells in the area contain unsafe ...
The Conversation

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make ...

Gabriel Lade received funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct this research.
Santa Clara University

Central Valley Well Testing

Groundwater contamination from agricultural practices and decreased water levels across the Central Valley have affected disadvantaged communities for decades, with at least 100,000 domestic well ...
The Gazette

Nishnabotna water group urges community nitrate testing with new billboard

A billboard near Avoca in southwest Iowa encourages Iowans to monitor their water for nitrate. (Nishnabotna Water Defenders via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...
OPB

All water well owners in the Lower Umatilla Basin offered nitrate testing, Oregon officials say

Oregon Rural Action's Ana Maria Rodriguez conducts a rapid test on a jar of water brought from Boardman, Ore.., which tested above the federal standard of 10 milligrams per liter. Monica Samayoa / OPB ...
WOWT.com

Nebraska offering free nitrate testing kit for drinking water well study

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - How many nitrates are in your drinking water? The state is offering drinking water well owners the opportunity to find out exactly. The Nebraska Department of Environment and ...
The Gazette

Nitrate Watch coordinator explains how Iowans can take ownership over their water quality

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The quality of Iowa’s water is a top environmental concern in Iowa, and for many Iowans, there can be a ...
KCCI Des Moines

Source water nitrate levels still elevated, but are improving, Central Iowa Water Works says

EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. WELL, STAYING ON THE TOPIC OF WATER, THE NITRATE LEVELS IN THE DES MOINES AND RACCOON RIVERS ARE DROPPING. GREAT NEWS. YESTERDAY, THE LEVEL IN THE DES MOINES RIVER WAS ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Free well water nitrate testing events set

BRAINERD — Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District will be hosting free well water nitrate testing events in Brainerd, Garrison and Crosslake in August. Testing events will be Aug. 8 in the ...
kcra.com

What is nitrate and could your water be contaminated with it?

INVESTIGATION. GREW UP IN THE COUNTY. THREE ALMONDS, GRAPES AT ONE TIME, ALMONDS ALL AROUND. NOW MARTHA LLORENS LIVES IN THE SHADE OF ALMOND TREES IN THE HOUSE WHERE SHE GREW UP. IT WAS NICE BACK THEN ...