KTVZ

Amid Umatilla Basin nitrate crisis, Oregon Health Authority mails drinking water test trips to untested households

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...
Penn Live

Millions of people across US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe | Opinion

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...
The Gazette

Citizen scientists helping test Iowa water quality

TIFFIN - Seldom is water quality so visible as when Bill Waldie sticks a test strip into a bucket of water from Clear Creek and watches the paper turn shades of pink as it detects nitrate. He takes a ...
Finance & Commerce

Homeowners bear health and financial costs of unsafe well water

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and ...
The Gazette

Water testing sets record in 2025, with Iowans leading the way

As water quality issues dominated headlines and nitrate levels spiked in central Iowa rivers last summer, the Izaak Walton ...
KCCI Des Moines

Central Iowa water quality experts say at-home nitrate test kits are unreliable

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...
syracuse.com

The best testing kits to monitor water quality at home starting at $10

Two water departments have advised residents In Los Angeles against drinking tap water due to potential contamination concerns from the ongoing wildfires. The risk of chemicals and pathogens entering ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

New program to offer free testing, bottled water and filter systems in Lower Yakima Valley

People living in the Lower Yakima Valley Groundwater Management Area may be eligible to receive free groundwater nitrate testing, bottled water, and installation of an in-home filtration system, if ...
Yahoo

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their ...
MinnPost

Millions in the US use well water, but few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are ...
Phys.org

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it's safe

Heavily agricultural areas are vulnerable to nitrate pollution in water, especially where aquifers are shallow. Areas at the highest risk of nitrate contamination in shallow groundwater generally have ...