Tests collected on March 6 found nitrates at 13 milligrams per liter in Reno County Rural Water District 101. That's above the level considered safe.

Rural Water District 101 says a blending project with Hutchinson water is on track to be completed by end of May ...

Dodge City officials are warning families not to give tap water to infants under 6 months old.

Dodge City is testing more water after a high level of nitrate was found in a sample on March 9.

Nitrate is a compound that often ends up in drinking water through fertilizer runoff. Farmers use nitrate-rich fertilizers to grow crops. When it rains, the excess nitrate seeps into groundwater and ...

LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN THIS HIGH. SO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NITRATES, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRATE? NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH THOSE ...

Extreme weather spurred by climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ending up in groundwater, according to a recent study from researchers ...

YODER, Kan. (KSNW) — Nitrate levels for the water district that serves the Yoder community are still too high. The Reno County Public Works Department says tests earlier this month show that Rural ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - Covered swine barns dot the landscape near Platte Center, where tens of thousands of hogs are raised and fed. Many of these barns are owned by a local boy who ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make ...