For the first time in nearly a month, nitrate levels in both the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers have dipped below the threshold that Central Iowa Water Works says it needs to sustain if it is to lift a ...

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 ...

Central Iowa Water Works says its first-ever ban on lawn watering is cutting demand and easing worries that its utilities — hampered by high levels of health-endangering nitrates in the Raccoon and ...

Several Des Moines metro splash pads are shut down as the metro is under its first-ever lawn watering ban. Central Iowa Water Works — the Des Moines region's water authority — on June 12 banned its ...

SEE SOME RAIN AND STORMS THAT’S COMING UP. THANK YOU. AND ALSO BREAKING IT FOR THE CITY OF DES MOINES ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON IT’S SHUTTING DOWN ALL OF ITS SPRAYGROUND SPLASH POOLS AND WADING POOLS, ...

Iowa’s largest drinking water utility is pushing back against a federal decision to remove segments of the two central Iowa rivers that are its prime water sources from a list of waterways considered ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Officials from Des Moines Water Works said Thursday a decision from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pertaining to water quality did “not align” with ...

Chris Jones, an author, researcher and Iowa water quality advocate, launched his campaign for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.