A new $1 million state study on nitrate in drinking water showed, in its final report, that nitrate levels are, on average, decreasing in Nebraskans’ tap water provided by cities and towns.
But an interim version of the report, included in a batch of emails obtained via Flatwater Free Press’ public records request, shows the state didn’t publicly release information suggesting that nitrate appears to be increasing in the wells supplying water to these public water systems.
Those results show an average nitrate increase in the supply wells analyzed by NDEE from 2003 to 2023, according to the interim report…