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 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has overturned a 2024 ruling that sought to protect some of Iowa's largest waterways that ...

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 Trump EPA rescinded the decision ...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 ...

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.

Des Moines Water Works officials said a 90% demand in production capacity triggered the stage 1 plan. On Friday, Des Moines Water Works delivered nearly 90 million gallons of water to its 500,000 ...

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.