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2. Des Moines Water Works asks residents not to water lawns due ...

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   Des Moines Water Works its asking its 600,000 customers to not water their lawns, saying it will be unable to meet federal limits on nitrate levels with rising concentrations in the Des Moines and ...

3. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The drinking water contaminants that can have chronic effects include chemicals (such as disinfection byproducts, solvents and pesticides), radionuclides (such as radium), and minerals (such as arsenic). Examples of these chronic effects include cancer, liver or kidney problems, or reproductive difficulties. [35]

4. Central Valley groundwater pollution - Wikipedia

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   Set by the California Department of Public Health in 1989, the maximum contaminant level for nitrates, in CCR §63341, is 45 milligrams per liter (mg/L) for nitrate as NO3 (equivalent to 10 mg/L for nitrate as nitrogen or “N”); 10 mg/L for nitrate plus nitrite as N; and 1 mg/L for nitrite as N. Currently, there is a secondary maximum ...

5. Nitrate test - Wikipedia

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   Testing for the presence of nitrate via wet chemistry is generally difficult compared with testing for other anions, as almost all nitrates are soluble in water. In contrast, many common ions give insoluble salts, e.g. halides precipitate with silver, and sulfate precipitate with barium. The nitrate anion is an oxidizer, and many tests for the ...

6. Extreme weather is ramping up toxic nitrate pollution in ...

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   Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which toxic nitrates are polluting groundwater, a recent study has found.

7. Water quality - Wikipedia

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   The burden of polluted drinking water disproportionally effects under-represented and vulnerable populations. [11] Communities that lack these clean drinking-water services are at risk of contracting water-borne and pollution-related illnesses like Cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio. [12]