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The Des Moines Water Works are a municipal water utility, owned by the about 500,000 residents of the greater Des Moines area, whom it supplies with water. It is Iowa´s largest water utility and among the largest 100 utilities in the country. [1] In 1871, Frederick M. Hubbell and Jefferson S. Polk organized the Des Moines Water Company with $3000.
While the normal draw for water supply is 1 million to 1.1 million gallons a day with a peak day of 2 million gallons last summer, the real threat could come if, as the lake water evaporates, rain ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR or IA DNR) is a department/agency of the U.S. state of Iowa formed in 1986, charged with maintaining state parks and forests, protecting the environment of Iowa, and managing energy, fish, wildlife, land resources, and water resources of Iowa.
The Raccoon River is a 30.8-mile-long (49.6 km) [4] tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. It flows for much of its length as three streams and when measured using the longest of its three forks, its length increases to 226 miles (364 km).
Iowa water utilities are notifying thousands of homeowners they should replace lead pipes. But a big question remains: How will they pay for it?
A southern Iowa town could become the first in the state to use wastewater to recharge its dwindling water supply Gripped in 3-year drought, south Iowa city weighs using wastewater to bolster ...
Utilities are provided by the Algona Municipal Utilities, which is directed by a five-member board of trustees appointed by the mayor. Drinking water is pumped from the Buried Sand and Gravel-Dakota aquifer and treated before being distributed to customers. [16] Wastewater is collected and treated, and billed based on water usage.
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