Elevated Nitrate Levels Strain Des Moines Water Treatment Facility | News Channel 3-12

Elevated nitrate levels strain Des Moines water treatment facility | News Channel 3-12

By KCCI News Staff Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — For the last several weeks, Des Moines Water Works has been dealing with elevated nitrate levels in drinking water, forcing its Fleur Drive facility to operate at full capacity for over 66 days straight, a situation it was never designed to handle. The nitrate level peaked on June 12 at more than 9 milligrams per liter, prompting all eight nitrate removal tanke…

Elevated nitrate levels strain Des Moines water treatment facility

Des Moines Water Works is facing challenges as elevated nitrate levels push its Fleur Drive facility to operate beyond its intended capacity.

Lawn watering ban remains despite Des Moines, Raccoon rivers recording nitrates under EPA drinking standard

DES MOINES, Iowa -- On Tuesday, Central Iowa Water Works announced that both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers recorded nitrate levels below 10 mg/L for the first time in weeks. For nearly a month a lawn watering ban has been in place for customers served by Central Iowa Water Works after source waters, the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, reached near record levels of nitrates. Officials with CIWW said the ban was necessary to ensure that water t…

Iowa water quality concerns amid shortages and rising nitrate levels

Water is something many of us take for granted, but thousands of Iowa residents have experienced contaminated water and shortages this summer.WATCH KATRINA'S STORY BELOW Iowa's Water Crisis: Shortages and Dangerous Nitrate Levels Affecting Thousands Regional Water General Manager Tom Kallman says it is now pumping water from Council Bluffs to its customers in eastern Pottawattamie County. That doesn't mean, though, everything's back to normal. "…

Officials threaten residents with fines for violating first-ever ban on watering lawns: 'Without your help, we are not going to be able to continue'

Des Moines property owners may be fined if caught watering their lawns, according to a recent ABC News report.  In June, the Central Iowa Water Works water utility company issued a water ban in the Des Moines metro area for unnecessary water use due to high levels of nitrates in local rivers. The high concentration of nitrates has compromised the company's ability to effectively keep up with water treatment compared to public water demand. Accor…

Providing an extra boost to Iowa water quality projects | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

As the central Iowa water restrictions continue, organizations are working hard to do whatever they can to get the nitrate levels in the water back down to a safe level. For years, the Great Outdoors Foundation (GOF) has been working with its partners to mitigate nitrate levels and other harmful inputs by advancing water quality initiatives across Iowa. GOF CEO Hannah Inman said that, in their meetings across the state, they found that many large