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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.
The Des Moines metropolitan area has been obtaining its drinking water from the Raccoon River just before it empties into the Des Moines River through water utilities since the 19th century. During the Great Flood of 1993, the Raccoon River flooded the water treatment facility of Des Moines, shutting off the city's supply of drinking water.
American Water is an American public utility company that, through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. Its regulated operations provide water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states, serving a population of approximately 14 million.
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 ...
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In January 2015, the Des Moines Water Works declared its intent to file a lawsuit against three Iowa counties Buena Vista, Sac, and Calhoun county where groundwater water tests had shown nitrate levels as high as 39.2 mg/L, which was 4 times the federally required Safe Drinking Water Act limit of 10 mg/L as the DNR continued not to enforce the ...
Another Iowa public water supply experiencing drought-related supply issues, the Regional Water Rural Water Association in Avoca, has seen an improvement the water availability in its wells, but ...