Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) leaders are calling on central Iowans to voluntarily limit their water usage as summer approaches, as the area’s raw drinking water sources has experienced unusually high levels of nitrate this year.
At a news conference at the Maffitt Reservoir near Des Moines on Monday, leaders from CIWW, Des Moines Water Works and West Des Moines Water Works said data indicates that the area will face another lawn watering ban this summer unless residents take measures to conserve drinking water, particularly by reducing their use of irrigation systems.
“I want to be clear, we are not yet implementing the water use plan, though those steps will be likely if current conditions persist. We are here today to ask the public to use water wisely,” said Tami Madsen, CIWW executive director…