‘We will’t create extra water’: Water Works warns drought may endanger consuming provide
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Posted On May 12, 2021
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THE PROSECUTION MADE WITH JURY BEFORE THEY WENT INTO DELIBERATION. STEVE: A MAJOR SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA IS FACING A NEW THREAT. STACEY: DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE HITTING THE RACCOON RIVER HARD. KCCI’S TODD MAGEL IS LIVE ALONG THE RIVER WITH WHAT DES MOINES WATER WORKS WANTS YOU TO DO TO HELP. TODD: LOOK BEHIND ME, THERE’S NOT MUCH OF A RIVER HERE. IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THE WATER IN THE RACCOON RIVER HAS BEEN THIS LOW. CHECK OUT THE SAND BARS HERE IN THE RIVER JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. AND NOW THE WATERWORKS SAYS THE WAY WE USE WATER THIS SPRING AND SUMMER MAY HAVE TO CHANGE. SKY 8 SOARING OVER THE RACCOON RIVER SHOWS JUST HOW LOW IT IS THIS SPRING. LOTS OF SAND BARS EXPOSED AS IT WINDS AROUND DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. AND NO ONE IS WATCHING MORE CLOSELY THAN THE DES MOINES WATER WORKS. >> I BET PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT IT’S 10 TIMES LOWER THAN MEAN, OR NORMAL . IT’S REALLY LOW. TODD: WATERWORKS CEO TED CORRIGAN SAYS NORMALLY ABOUT 4000 CUBIC FEET OF WATER A MINUTE FLOWS DOWN THE RACCOON. NOW IT’S JUST 400 CUBIC FEET PER MINUTE. HE BLAMES A DRY SPRING A WORRIES ABOUT A DRY SUMMER. WE ARE ALREADY USING MORE WATER. TODD: ROUGHLY A THIRD OF DES MOINES WATER USE IS IRRIGATION, PEOPLE AND COMPANIES WATERING THE GRASS. SO THAT’S WHY THE WATER WORKS IS PUTTING OUT AN EARLY WARNING. >> OUT DOOR WATER USE IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES OUR PEAKS. IRRIGATION, POOLS, CAR WASHES AND ALL THOSE THINGS WE ALL DO IN THE SUMMER TIME. WE NEED TO DO THOSE WISELY. TODD THE WATER WORKS CAN USE : WATER FROM THE DES MOINES RIVER, BUT IT IS OFTEN CONTAMINATED WITH TOXIC ALGAE, AND IT COSTS MORE TO TREAT. PAYING MORE FOR WATER IS A NO GO FOR MOST METRO RESIDENTS LIKE JOE AND JOAN KENNEALLY. THEY WALK ALONG THE RIVER ALMOST EVERY DAY. >> THE WATER IS IMPORTANT. ALL OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR WATER RATES BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE UP ASTRONOMICALLY. AND RETIRED PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. TODD: THE WATER WORKS HOPES THEY DON’T HAVE TO ISSUE ANY MANDATORY WATER USE RULES BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER AND HOW WE END UP USING THE WATER. TODD MAGEL, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STACEY: DES MOINES WATER WORKS SERVES A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS CEN
‘We will’t create extra water’: Water Works warns drought may endanger consuming provide
Up to date: 5:31 PM CDT Might 11, 2021
Des Moines Water Works is warning that Iowa’s drought might quickly endanger central Iowa’s consuming water provide.On its Fb web page, Water Works says the Raccoon River, the metro’s main water provide, sometimes has a water stream of 1.8 million gallons per minute.Proper now, that water stream is right down to a relative trickle at 135,000 gallons per minute.Water Works warns that whereas the Des Moines River is an choice to attract water from, through the summer time months, toxins from Blue Inexperienced algae make that water nearly undrinkable.They’re asking clients to start chopping water use now. “We will’t create extra water, however we will restrict how a lot of it we use. The primary weekend of Might, our clients used greater than 60 million gallons per day. We’ve got not reached summer time’s peak demand time but, and we will nonetheless pull water from the Des Moines River if wanted. Come July via September, nevertheless, that probably received’t be potential if poisonous microcystin is current within the Des Moines River, because it has been in recent times, and we should keep away from the river completely,” officers mentioned on Fb.
Des Moines Water Works is warning that Iowa’s drought might quickly endanger central Iowa’s consuming water provide.
On its Fb web page, Water Works says the Raccoon River, the metro’s main water provide, sometimes has a water stream of 1.8 million gallons per minute.
Proper now, that water stream is right down to a relative trickle at 135,000 gallons per minute.
Water Works warns that whereas the Des Moines River is an choice to attract water from, through the summer time months, toxins from Blue Inexperienced algae make that water nearly undrinkable.
They’re asking clients to start chopping water use now.
“We will’t create extra water, however we will restrict how a lot of it we use. The primary weekend of Might, our clients used greater than 60 million gallons per day. We’ve got not reached summer time’s peak demand time but, and we will nonetheless pull water from the Des Moines River if wanted. Come July via September, nevertheless, that probably received’t be potential if poisonous microcystin is current within the Des Moines River, because it has been in recent times, and we should keep away from the river completely,” officers mentioned on Fb.
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