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 Trump EPA rescinded the decision ...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 ...

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 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 ...

Des Moines, Iowa. Serves 221,414 people. 1 contaminant below legal limits, but above health guidelines In some states a small percentage of tests were performed before water was treated, and some ...

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.

Some Des Moines Water Works customers will be seeing higher water bills starting next year. The Board of Trustees approved the new rates at its board meeting on Tuesday. Under the previous ...

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.