/tags/series-watching-our-water Series: Watching Our Water en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2016-09-23/scientists-search-for-new-ways-to-fight-gulf-dead-zone Farming in the fertile Midwest is tied to an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But scientists are studying new ways to lessen the Midwest’s… Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2016-09-23/scientists-search-for-new-ways-to-fight-gulf-dead-zone Harvest Public Media /environment/2016-09-22/cities-cope-with-polluted-ag-runoff-create-their-own-pollution-too Standing on a platform above the eastern bank of the Missouri River at the Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services’ intake plant is like being on the deck… Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2016-09-22/cities-cope-with-polluted-ag-runoff-create-their-own-pollution-too Harvest Public Media /environment/2016-09-21/absent-regulation-farmers-dabble-in-voluntary-measures-to-curb-harmful-runoff On a gray day, just as the rain begins to fall, Roger Zylstra stops his red GMC Sierra pick-up truck on the side of the road and hops down into a ditch in… Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2016-09-21/absent-regulation-farmers-dabble-in-voluntary-measures-to-curb-harmful-runoff Harvest Public Media /environment/2016-09-20/farmers-feel-the-pressure-to-fight-agricultural-water-pollution Living in the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska means understanding that the water in your well may contain high levels of nitrates and may not be… Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2016-09-20/farmers-feel-the-pressure-to-fight-agricultural-water-pollution Harvest Public Media /environment/2016-09-19/how-are-nitrates-ending-up-in-drinking-water-supplies Contaminated drinking water isn’t just a problem for Flint, Michigan. Many towns and cities across the Midwest and Great Plains face pollution seeping… Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:08:30 GMT /environment/2016-09-19/how-are-nitrates-ending-up-in-drinking-water-supplies Harvest Public Media