Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cracks in Iowa soil have resulted from drought conditions. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Writers ...

After shuttering two wells for recurring nitrate contamination, the riverside community of Princeton may face yet another ...

(TNS) — With water-guzzling data centers popping up across Iowa and a multiyear drought causing more farmers to use irrigation systems, Iowa's underground aquifers are being tapped more frequently.

The state’s environmental agency erred in giving pipeline developer Summit Carbon Solutions permission to withdraw nearly 56 million gallons of water annually from an aquifer as part of its carbon ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A new report from an environmental conservation organization is urging the Iowa DNR to deny water withdrawal permits for a carbon capture pipeline project. According to ...

Keith Schilling is state geologist and director of Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa. A conversion of several factors, some natural and some self-imposed, is leading to recognition that ...

If Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline is approved, the water used by ethanol plants on and off the route would be equal to the annual water use of 529,000 people — more than the population of the Cedar ...

The aquifer has seen more moderate declines elsewhere, but it’s causing problems for cities, well owners and irrigators alike. Oklahoma only permits its irrigators enough groundwater to cover each ...

The aquifer that makes agriculture in the Great Plains possible is running out of water, primarily from overirrigation. That has farmers considering different crops. Calen Moore of the Kansas News ...

State regulators approved a new rule Tuesday to do more to control on one of the largest water sources in the state. The rule sets up a system for existing and future wells that tap into what’s known ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa is working on a project that would use compressed air stored in underground aquifers to store energy harnessed from the wind. Iowa has more than 400 wind turbines with a ...