The Oregon Health Authority is encouraging people in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area to get their well water retested for nitrates for free, even those who tested in 2023.

About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are entirely responsible for ensuring that the water from their wells is safe for ...

ST. CHARLES — Dozens of private well owners from five counties filed through the St. Charles Community Center on Thursday to learn more about a resource they use daily: water from their private wells.

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi County Public Health, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, will offer a free nitrate water-testing clinics next week. Nitrates are the most common ...

A free well-testing program for Minnesota homeowners has become the latest target in the state's increasingly fractious political battle over water and agricultural pollution. At its December meeting, ...

Private wells should be tested for nitrate every other year, according to a news release from the Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District. Nitrate occurs naturally and at safe and healthy ...

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction requested by the Environmental Protection Agency that will force Granger-area dairies to test for nitrates in nearby residential drinking water.

You've got questions about Central Iowa's water since officials have banned commercial and residential lawn watering due to high levels of nitrates in water sources. We've got answers. Sign up for our ...

A Janesville resident said he thinks he’s got an overflow of nitrates in his tap water, and he said the foggy, green algae suddenly overtaking the water in his fish tanks prove it.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Dodge City Public Works department was notified that on March 14, a water quality sample showed nitrate levels above the maximum level allowed for community ...