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Some of the treated drinking water of Cedar Rapids had nitrate concentrations that approached a federal health limit for months. It might be a recurring problem.

PRATT – Nitrate pollution has forced a central Kansas town to shut off two wells that make up nearly one-quarter of its total permissible water supply.