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

High levels of nitrates in rivers plus a lawn watering ban have residents worried, but CIWW said it has no plans to implement a drinking water ban.

Nitrate can also cause cancer if the level in water is higher than 10 milligrams per liter."As a kid, (I would) drink out the hose all the time," Gary Shoffner reminisced from his backyard.

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, ...

Nitrate in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31306; Cite This Page: MLA; APA; ...

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 ...