Iowa's Largest Urban Area Faces a Water Crisis. How Experts Say We Can Solve It.

Des Moines Case Has 'Changed the Conversation' on Water Quality

FERN’s Kristina Johnson recently spoke with Neil Hamilton, director of the Agricultural Law Center at Iowa’s Drake University, to learn more about the Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three Iowa county drainage districts.

Sherwood park under water

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) – One local park is seeing the effects of all the water firsthand. Sherwood park in Waterloo used to look like a great place to go out

Iowa's largest urban area faces water crisis. How do experts suggest it can be addressed?

Why Central Iowa Water Works banned lawn watering: What you need to know Central Iowa Water Works banned 600,000 commercial and residential customers from watering their lawns, effective immediately until further notice. Disagreement exists on solutions to central Iowa's water crisis, with some advocating for regulating farms while others blame water utilities for not moving fast enough to increase treatment capacity.Debate continues over the ef…

Iowa's largest urban area faces a water crisis. How experts say we can solve it.

Faced with a water-quality crisis, Iowa grapples to find a solution: Is it more treatment, voluntary conservation, regulation? And who pays the bill?

Iowa community under water conservation order amid boil advisory

It's not clear why the advisory started, but the city said it's temporarily connected to Regional Water to provide "basic supply" to the community.

Iowa's Water Crisis: Shortages and Dangerous Nitrate Levels Affecting ...