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Here’s why Iowans say they volunteer to test lakes, rivers for nitrates

Posted 4/27/26

On a Wednesday in April, after heavy rainfall, Paul Carlson of Ankeny drove to the end of a road under the Saylorville Dam and parked alongside Rock Creek. It was his sixth time this year at that location with a goal of testing the nitrate levels in the water.  Before walking over to the creek’s […]

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