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The Des Moines Water Works are a municipal water utility, owned by the about 500,000 residents of the greater Des Moines area, whom it supplies with water. It is Iowa´s largest water utility and among the largest 100 utilities in the country. [1] In 1871, Frederick M. Hubbell and Jefferson S. Polk organized the Des Moines Water Company with $3000.
In 2004, the Iowa DNR discovered a hazardous waste site near Des Moines Water Works Park and referred the matter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency which took over the site for federal assistance in 2020 and, in June 2023, was recommending that the Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site be placed on the National Priorities ...
The Des Moines Water Works was submerged by floodwaters during the early morning hours of July 11, 1993, leaving an estimated 250,000 people without running water for 12 days and without drinking water for 20 days. Des Moines suffered major flooding again in June 2008 with a major levee breach. [31]
It is owned by the Des Moines Water Works that serves as an emergency water supply for the city of Des Moines, Iowa. In a drought emergency, the level of the Raccoon River could be brought up by draining water from the lake into the river. The main park area is named the Dale Maffit Reservoir and Arboretum.
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