If you have a lot of ground to cover, a garden hose with a high-quality garden hose nozzle is the most efficient way to water your garden beds. But for delicate plants and more precise watering, don't ...

Home gardener concerns about droughts and watering bans remain high as heat domes happen throughout the nation this summer. Despite these concerns, many homeowners say they are largely unaware of ...

Experts say the test strips don't usually measure the same part of the nitrate ion that Central Iowa Water Works uses to ...

Water treatment companies in Iowa report increased interest in home systems following a lawn watering ban, as residents aim to reduce nitrates and other contaminants.

Officials defended their decision to issue the ban, saying it was the fastest way to lower the increased demand on treatment ...

Iowans in communities around the state, primarily in central and southern regions, have been told to refrain from watering ...

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Central Iowa’s regional water authority has issued an immediate ban on watering lawns as river nitrate levels threaten to ...

“If we can limit discretionary use like lawn watering, then we don ... another nutrient that can harm water quality, from upstream farmland. High nitrate levels that restrict Central Iowa ...

For the first time, the new regional water utility Central Iowa Water Works implemented a ban on lawn watering on June ...

The Des Moines area’s first-ever lawn watering ban helps Central Iowa Water Works keep up with nitrate removal to provide ...