West Des Moines Water Works

Important note from CIWW.

May 30, 2026

🌧️ It's raining across the metro, which means your lawn and flowers may not need watering today!

☀️Central Iowa Water Works is asking residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce lawn watering by 50%. During the hottest, driest months of the year, outdoor watering can account for up to 40% of our region's drinking water use.

🌸Skipping a watering day when nature does the work for us is an easy way to conserve water and help protect our regional drinking water supply. 💧

Find out more about the water use plan: https://ciww.gov/water-use-plan-faq/

Learn more about ornamental plants and flowers at: https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/ornamental-plants-flowers

May 30, 2026

🌧️ It's raining across the metro, which means your lawn and flowers may not need watering today!

☀️Central Iowa Water Works is asking residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce lawn watering by 50%. During the hottest, driest months of the year, outdoor watering can account for up to 40% of our region's drinking water use.

🌸Skipping a watering day when nature does the work for us is an easy way to conserve water and help protect our regional drinking water supply. 💧

Find out more about the water use plan: https://ciww.gov/water-use-plan-faq/

Learn more about ornamental plants and flowers at: https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/ornamental-plants-flowers

Central Iowa Water Works today initiated Stage II of the Water Use Plan. This is a request to voluntarily reduce lawn watering by 50%, effective immediately.

“I don’t irrigate my lawn… can I help conserve water?” 💧

Simple indoor habits can make a meaningful difference:

🚿 Take shorter showers
🧺 Run full loads of laundry
🔧 Repair leaks and dripping faucets
🍽️ Only run dishwashers when full
🗣️ Share water-saving tips with friends and neighbors

Learn more about out Water Use Plan at www.ciww.gov

💧 Use Water Wisely Outdoors 💧

Small changes outdoors can make a big difference for our regional water supply - especially as warm weather brings higher water demand!

Here are a few easy ways to conserve water while keeping your yard healthy:

🌱 Water only when your lawn needs it
🌧️ Skip watering after rainfall
⏰ Water early in the morning or later in the evening
🚫 Avoid watering sidewalks, driveways, and streets
🔧 Check irrigation systems for leaks or overspray
🌿 Consider drought-tolerant landscaping and native plants

Check out the first comment for more tips! ⬇️

Please Wait to IRRIGATE.

If you haven't turned on your irrigation system, wait a bit longer. April 2026 was the fourth wettest on record, and with cooler temps and rain in the forecast, we don't need irrigation for green, healthy lawns at this time.

Water wise.

🚨Wait to irrigate 🌱

With recent rain and cooler weather, most lawns already have plenty of moisture! Irrigating right now adds unnecessary demand on our water system.

Before you turn on your sprinklers, do a quick check:

Soil still moist a couple inches down? ✅Skip watering
Is my lawn showing signs of stress? ❌ Skip watering
Is rain in the forecast? ✅Skip watering

🌧️ Let nature do the work for now. Waiting to water helps conserve water and keeps capacity available for when it’s truly needed. Learn more in the first comment ⬇️

Nate Bargatze is coming to the metro, and like many of you we are excited to see his show, Big Dumb Eyes.

In case you didn’t know, Mr. Bargatze is an experienced water professional. That's right, he was a meter reader in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, before comedy interrupted his career. And we want him to know that if this comedy thing doesn’t work out, we have a place for him right here at West Des Moines Water Works.

Mr. Bargatze, please feel free to stop by our offices to discuss when you're town.

Everything Nate Bargatze 8.3K likes, 76 comments. "PART 1 - I was a water meter reader | Nate Bargatze "