Providing safe drinking water and managing water quality in the Central Valley for long-term sustainability. The CV-SALTS Program is a...
EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water
The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant. Farming regions in northeastern Nebraska and elsewhere have some...
Iowa farms using low-tech systems to filter fertilizer-borne nitrates from water
Photo: A worker shovels wood chips in a bioreactor trench in a farm field, on March 28, 2023, near Roland,...
Study confirms nitrate can release uranium into groundwater
New research finds that nitrate … can help transport uranium to groundwater — when the nitrate levels exceed the regulatory...
Battle for safe drinking water heated amid drought in California’s Central Valley
For people in the nation’s breadbasket, a historic drought’s impacts are visible in every moment of daily life — but...