Pollution, Not Drought, Prompts Lawn-Watering Ban in Des Moines

It’s a first for the Central Iowa Water Works, which is worried about maintaining compliance with EPA nitrate standards.

By Anika Jane Beamer
June 19, 2025
Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio 
Anika Jane Beamer

Anika Jane Beamer is an Outrider fellow at Inside Climate News and a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

 
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