Articles from February 2017
![Areal photo of a river leading to a town](/sites/cjones.iihr.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-08/Summary%202016%20Nitrate%20featured_0.png?h=55d15ab5&itok=MDJxaMmI)
Raccoon & D.M. River Nitrate: Historical Nuggets
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Detailed data sets for the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers at Des Moines go back to 1974 and 1982, respectively.
![a graph showing the Iowa Statewide 2016 Nitrate loads](/sites/cjones.iihr.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-08/Iowa%20Statewide%202016%20featured_0.jpg?h=097bd2d2&itok=Sng7d7jX)
Iowa Statewide 2016 Stream Nitrate-N Load Calculated
Thursday, February 2, 2017
During 2016, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering along with USGS had 14 real-time nitrate sensors deployed in locations that captured water quality conditions for 82.5% of the water leaving the state of Iowa.