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Conservation for protection from nitrate contamination Central Iowa Water Works, which serves more than 600,000 people in the Des Moines region, issued its first ever lawn watering ban June 12 due to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Central Iowa Water Works officials on Thursday imposed a ban on lawn watering. The ban is effective immediately and in place until further notice for the 600,000 residential ...

“If we can limit discretionary use like lawn watering, then we don’t have to take as much water out of the river — the really high-nitrate source,” Corrigan said.

People watering gardens or flowers should do so with a hand-held container and not use a sprinkler or run water through a hose. Central Iowa Water Works began operations Jan. 1.

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