As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Last week, Central Iowa Water Works placed a ban on commercial and residential lawn watering to avoid violating federal nitrate levels in drinking water. On Tuesday, leaders with ...

It’s been a wet spring across Iowa, but water utilities in the Des Moines area are asking people to save water because nitrate levels are high in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. The rivers are a ...

Water service could be cut off if residents and businesses violate the ban. A ban on watering lawns has been issued in the Des Moines metro area for the first time to avoid a potential water crisis ...