Safe Water Iowa

09/18/2026

If anyone is in Slater, please be cautious!

The city of Slater is warning residents about high nitrite levels in the water supplied by the Slater Municipal Water Department. Story link ⬇️.

09/16/2026

The support for cleaning up the water in Iowa is *everywhere*.

It’s going to take years, maybe even decades to see the results of the momentum being created by the The Lobe Rangers, Iowa Environmental Council, and others but we are hopeful this is the start of truly and meaningfully changing the way we view our natural resources, especially our water, here in Iowa.

09/15/2026

IOWA COUNTIES: Benton, Cedar, Floyd, Jones, Mitchell, & Plymouth

If you are in or know anyone with well water in any of these counties you’re eligible for a FREE water test kit through the newly established Iowa INSIGHT program. This is a great opportunity to see what is in your water and help further research into water quality. See the shared post!

📢Private well owners in Benton, Cedar, Floyd, Jones, Mitchell, and Plymouth counties — you’re eligible to receive free home water test kits through a new research initiative to assess arsenic in drinking water. Expanding testing will help inform prevention strategies and support decision-making.

Arsenic occurs naturally in groundwater in some areas of the state. It's colorless, tasteless, odorless, and undetectable without testing. Because arsenic is linked to cancer and other serious health issues, it’s important to know the risks.

This arsenic testing initiative is part of new research by the Iowa Integrated Network for Science, Information, and Geospatial Health Tracking (INSIGHT) program at the University of Iowa. Iowa INSIGHT researchers are working to better understand arsenic risk levels in private drinking water wells to improve public health in Iowa.

See the link in the first comment below to learn more about the Iowa INSIGHT arsenic research.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Benton County Public Health, Cedar County Public Health, Floyd County Public Health/Home Health Care, Jones County Iowa Public Health, Mitchell County Public Health & Home Health, University of Iowa College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa, The University of Iowa College of Public Health

09/11/2026

A new poll highlights water quality importance among Iowa voters:

09/11/2026

When we made our mission "To deliver high-quality reverse osmosis systems to Iowa families while supporting and advocating for permanent solutions to Iowa's water quality problem.", we meant it.

Yesterday, our Founder, Isaiah, spoke at the launch of the Iowa Environmental Council's press conference launching their new campaign Protect Water Prevent Cancer.

Learn more about that initiative and how you can get involved here: https://protectwaterpreventcancer.org/

Iowa advocates to talk water quality, possible ties to cancer ⬇️ Click the link in comments to read more

09/10/2026

09/01/2026

This event will be live streamed on Thursday!

At the Iowa City Library AND Live-streamed on the Iowa City Public Library Channel! (Link below) Don't Miss This!

08/29/2026

We’re happy to have Iowa Water Filter Pros as an installation partner around Central Iowa!

08/28/2026

Accepted nitrate levels have been set at 10 ppm for decades, but research shows those levels still lead to adverse health effects.

With re-evaluation of these standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appearing to be at a standstill, and Iowa sitting as one of three states where cancer levels are continuing to rise, researchers are calling for the Integrated Risk Information Systems (IRIS) to complete another health assessment.

“We need IRIS to go and do another health assessment on nitrates because links to cancer and birth defects keep popping up in the scientific literature,” said David Cwiertny, director of the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination. Although IRIS does not set the legal standards, their assessments inform the EPA's drinking water standards.

Read the full story from The New Lede in the comments below.

University of Iowa College of Engineering