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 ...

(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.

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 ...