Des Moines Water Works speaks out against the EPA’s July decision to remove sections of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers ...

Officials from Des Moines Water Works said Thursday a decision from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pertaining to ...

Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period of astonishingly rapid intensification — a phenomenon that has become far more ...

Iowa DNR opposed Biden EPA deciding Des Moines, Raccoon, other river segments were impaired. Trump EPA rescinded the decision ...

Water restrictions for nearly a fifth of the Iowa’s population brought the state’s nitrate challenges to the forefront. Water ...

For the first time since May 30, Central Iowa Water Works says its Des Moines-area customers can resume normal lawn watering and irrigation.

The EPA says the chemicals are getting closer to groundwater near the Raccoon River, a spot where Des Moines Water Works takes in water for treatment. Because of that, the EPA wants to fast-track ...

From 6 to 6:45 p.m., representatives from the EPA, Iowa DNR and Des Moines Water Works will be available for one-on-one discussions and questions; from 7 to 7:30 p.m., officials will give a ...

Des Moines Water Works estimates that as many as 20,000 older homes, mostly built before 1940, could have lead water service lines. More than 330,000 notices about lead pipes are going out across ...

The EPA placed Lot 46 on the Superfund National Priorities List to “ensure that the groundwater contamination is cleaned up to protect Des Moines’ water supply and the health of everyone who ...

Des Moines Water Works sending 55,000 lead water pipe notices Des Moines Water Works won a $1.4 million federal earmark to help residents facing line replacement costs next year. The Des Moines ...

The EPA plans to propose the Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site site for cleanup in September. The agency is hosting a community meeting starting at 6 p.m. at Weeks Middle School in Des Moines.