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The Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) is a publicly owned, municipal water utility with its headquarters in Water Works Park.[1]

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  1. 60 relations: Agricultural pollution, Algae scrubber, Allen Hazen Water Tower, Alluvium, Birdsill Holly, Buena Vista County, Iowa, Calhoun County, Iowa, Clean Water Act, Code of Iowa, Dale Maffitt Reservoir, Dead zone (ecology), Des Moines metropolitan area, Des Moines River, Des Moines, Iowa, Downtown Des Moines, Great Depression, Great Flood of 1993, Groundwater, Infiltration gallery, Iowa, Iowa flood of 2008, Joint-stock company, Levee, List of public utilities, List of United States water companies, Maximum contaminant level, Membrane technology, Merle Hay Mall, Mississippi River, Nitrate, Point source pollution, Public utility, Raccoon River, Residential Customer Equivalent, Reverse osmosis, Rock Island, Illinois, Sac County, Iowa, Saylorville Lake, Saylorville, Iowa, Sewer service, State ownership, Stormwater, Terry Branstad, Tile drainage, Trap (plumbing), Typhoid fever, Ultrafiltration, United States, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Congress, ... Expand index (10 more) »

  2. 1871 establishments in Iowa
  3. Litigators
  4. Water and politics

Agricultural pollution

Agricultural pollution refers to biotic and abiotic byproducts of farming practices that result in contamination or degradation of the environment and surrounding ecosystems, and/or cause injury to humans and their economic interests.

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Algae scrubber

An algae scrubber is a water filtering device (not to be confused with a scrubber pad used to clean glass) which uses light to grow algae; in this process, undesirable chemicals are removed from the water.

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Allen Hazen Water Tower

The Allen Hazen Water Tower, also known as the Municipal Water Tower, is a historic structure located on the west side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

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Alluvium

Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.

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Birdsill Holly

Birdsill Holly Jr. (November 8, 1820 – April 27, 1894) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor of water hydraulics devices.

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Buena Vista County, Iowa

Buena Vista County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,823. Its county seat is Storm Lake. The county is named for the final victory of Field General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican–American War. Buena Vista County comprises the Storm Lake, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Calhoun County, Iowa

Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.

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Code of Iowa

The Code of Iowa contains the statutory laws of the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Dale Maffitt Reservoir

Maffitt Lake is a reservoir in the four corners of Dallas County, Polk County, Warren County, and Madison County, Iowa.

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Dead zone (ecology)

Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans and large lakes.

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Des Moines metropolitan area

The Des Moines metropolitan area, officially known as the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is located at the confluence of the Des Moines River and the Raccoon River.

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Des Moines River

The Des Moines River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately long from its farther headwaters.

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Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Downtown Des Moines

Downtown Des Moines is the central business district of Des Moines, Iowa and the Greater Des Moines Metropolitan Area.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Great Flood of 1993

The Great Flood of 1993 (or Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993) was a flood that occurred in the Midwestern United States, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993.

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Groundwater

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

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An infiltration gallery is a structure including perforated conduits in gravel to expedite transfer of water to or from a soil.

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Iowa

Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Iowa flood of 2008

The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa which began June 8 and continued until July 1.

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Joint-stock company

A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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List of public utilities

This is a list of public utilities.

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List of United States water companies

This is a list of water companies in the United States. Des Moines Water Works and list of United States water companies are water companies of the United States.

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Maximum contaminant level

Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) are standards that are set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water quality.

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Membrane technology

Membrane technology encompasses the scientific processes used in the construction and application of membranes.

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Merle Hay Mall

Merle Hay Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.

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Nitrate

Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula.

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Point source pollution

A point source of pollution is a single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution.

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Public utility

A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure).

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Raccoon River

The Raccoon River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Residential Customer Equivalent

Residential Customer Equivalent (RCE) is a unit of measures used by the energy industry to denote the typical annual commodity consumption by a single-family residential customer.

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Reverse osmosis

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to separate water molecules from other substances.

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Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

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Sac County, Iowa

Sac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Saylorville Lake

Saylorville Lake is a reservoir on the Des Moines River in Iowa, United States.

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Saylorville, Iowa

Saylorville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County, Iowa, United States.

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Sewer service

Sewer service is an epithet for the intentional failure to provide service of process on a named party in a lawsuit, in order to prevent the party from having a chance to respond.

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State ownership

State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party.

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Stormwater

Stormwater, also written storm water, is water that originates from precipitation (storm), including heavy rain and meltwater from hail and snow.

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Terry Branstad

Terry Edward Branstad (born November 17, 1946) is an American politician and former diplomat.

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Tile drainage

Tile drainage is a form of agricultural drainage system that removes excess sub-surface water from fields to allow sufficient air space within the soil, proper cultivation, and access by heavy machinery to tend and harvest crops.

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Trap (plumbing)

In plumbing, a trap is a U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow; most notably sewer gases from entering buildings while allowing waste materials to pass through.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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Ultrafiltration

Ultrafiltration (UF) is a variety of membrane filtration in which forces such as pressure or concentration gradients lead to a separation through a semipermeable membrane. Des Moines Water Works and Ultrafiltration are water treatment.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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Water fluoridation

Water fluoridation is the addition of fluoride to a public water supply to reduce tooth decay. Des Moines Water Works and water fluoridation are water treatment.

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Water metering

Water metering is the practice of measuring water use.

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Water resources

Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water.

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Water softening

Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water.

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Water tariff

A water tariff (often called water rate in the United States and Canada) is a price assigned to water supplied by a public utility through a piped network to its customers.

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Water tower

A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection.

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Water Works Park (Des Moines)

Water Works Park is a 1,500 acre park southwest of downtown Des Moines, Iowa and contains the Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) which is a publicly owned municipal water utility that supplies the greater Des Moines metropolitan area.

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Waukee, Iowa

Waukee is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States.

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West Des Moines, Iowa

West Des Moines is a city in Iowa, United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1871 establishments in Iowa

Litigators

Water and politics

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines_Water_Works

, Water fluoridation, Water metering, Water resources, Water softening, Water tariff, Water tower, Water Works Park (Des Moines), Waukee, Iowa, West Des Moines, Iowa, World War II.