Central Iowa Water Works running nitrate removal facility

Running the facility in January is unusual but not unprecedented. All water produced by CIWW meets safe drinking water ...
Nature

Denitrification Bioreactors for Nitrate Removal

Denitrification bioreactors are engineered systems designed to remove nitrate from contaminated waters, particularly those influenced by agricultural practices. By utilising a solid carbon ...
KCCI Des Moines

What happens to leftover nitrate after it's removed from drinking water in central Iowa?

Central Iowa Water Works is removing nitrates and keeping levels below the EPA's threshold of 10 milligrams per liter. But what happens to those nitrates after they're removed from our water? KCCI's ...
Iowa Public Radio

Water utilities warn of restrictions if nitrate levels stay high in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers

It’s been a wet spring across Iowa, but water utilities in the Des Moines area are asking people to save water because nitrate levels are high in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. The rivers are a ...

Central Iowa Water Works running nitrate removal facility, rare in January

Fernando Mendoza and the Hoosiers have once again laid waste to one of the best teams in college football. And only one ...

KCCI Investigates: Central Iowa Water Works running nitrate removal facility, rare in January

In spring and summer 2025, the nitrate removal facility ran in part of fully for 112 days. "It has been quite a year," Madsen ...