In spring and summer 2025, the nitrate removal facility ran in part of fully for 112 days. “It has been quite a year,” Madsen ...

Running the facility in January is unusual but not unprecedented. All water produced by CIWW meets safe drinking water ...

The Des Moines metro is under its first-ever lawn watering ban, and residents may have questions on how this applies to them. Central Iowa Water Works — the Des Moines region's water authority — on ...

Des Moines metro area residents no longer need to limit their lawn watering, Central Iowa Water Works said Friday, Aug. 15. The regional water authority lifted its call for its 600,000 customers to ...

In the past month, thousands of Iowans have received notices saying they may have lead drinking water service lines that should be replaced. Notices from Des Moines Water Works recently started ...

Central Iowa utility officials took another step in easing restrictions on water use, lifting a ban on Des Moines metro area sod and turf businesses from installing lawns. Central Iowa Water Works ...

Des Moines Water Works spent over $1 million to treat near-record nitrate levels this summer that necessitated a law-watering ban A study is underway to determine the best approach for expanding ...

Des Moines residents whose water usage spikes as they sprinkle their lawns next summer could see their bills climb under a plan approved by the Des Moines Water Works Board of Trustees. The board in a ...

Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record levels of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if ...