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Home reverse osmosis systems are becoming more popular in central Iowa as nitrates affect public drinking water supplies.

Potassium nitrate (KNO 3), known historically as saltpeter or the mineral niter, is a common salt with multiple uses.It has been known since antiquity; an early appearance in the chemical literature ...

A single IC can measure pH, nitrate, phosphate and potassium levels in water, according to the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems, which has developed a way to monolithically combine ...

In some parts of these states, levels of nitrate in drinking water systems were higher than the EPA's 10 mg/L safety limit. What People Are Saying. Susan Richardson, ...

Amid central Iowa’s lawn-watering ban, Gov. Reynolds said regulating the agriculture industry is not the answer to Iowa’s ...

Nitrate levels in Iowa's Raccoon River are at their highest since 2013. Lawn watering ban is trying to prevent more restrictions and keep water safe.

For several weeks, nitrate levels in the rivers have been so high, treatment plants across central Iowa are having a hard time treating it including Des Moines Water Works. The agency treats an ...