Central Iowa Water Works reflects after summer nitrate crisis

Central Iowa Water Works reflects after summer nitrate crisis

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Central Iowa Water Works is in the process of reviewing how it responded to the spike in nitrates in all three of its source waters this past summer, leading to a lawn watering ban for central Iowa customers. "There's a misconception that once the CIWW was formed that we served a greater population, and that simply isn't the case. Central Iowa Water Works serves the same 600,000 people that we served before, with the exceptio…