The algae found in a lab at the University of Nebraska's Beadle Center may hold the key to clean water. Research on algae first started several years ago with a goal of producing oil. "The initial ...

A low-cost method of removing phosphates from tile drainage water has been developed, and may help protect lakes and streams. Using steel byproducts to trap phosphates in simulated tile drainage water ...

According to a paper published recently on Chemical Communications, Prof. MENG Guowen's group from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy ...

Marchi’s Central Farm will have two more weeks to remove harmful nitrates from the drinking water of farmworkers and their families, according to county health inspectors who say the farm is making ...

Des Moines, site of the world's largest nitrate-removal facility, last year dumped an estimated 13,500 pounds of the chemical back into the river, sending it downstream where other cities and towns ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Most of the Iowa water treatment departments that work to remove nitrates from drinking water dump the chemical back into the water supply where other cities will have to ...

KCCI'S LAUREN JOHNSON SHOWS US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE COMPLEX EATRTMENT PROCS. ES (LAUREN ON CAM:) <"THE RACCOON RIVER IS THE OF THE MAIN WATER SOURCE FOR NTCERAL IOWA. NOW DES MOINES WATER WORKS SAY ...