Water Shortage Plan Update/Progress
Des Moines Water Works, with cooperation from metro area communities, implemented Stage 1 of its Water Shortage Plan on June 14, 2021.
Stage 1 asks Central Iowa residential and business customers to voluntarily reduce lawn watering by 25 percent following the recommended watering schedule, as well as take other actions to Use Water Wisely.
Customer Demand
in million gallons per day (mgd)
The public can follow daily customer demand with below data and graph (updated as information is available).
| 6/1/2021 | 57.874 |
| 6/2/2021 | 64.933 |
| 6/3/2021 | 67.767 |
| 6/4/2021 | 76.606 |
| 6/5/2021 | 70.24 |
| 6/6/2021 | 70.368 |
| 6/7/2021 | 74.692 |
| 6/8/2021 | 80.616 |
| 6/9/2021 | 88.577 |
| 6/10/2021 | 83.16 |
| 6/11/2021 | 85.715 |
| 6/12/2021 | 77.313 |
| 6/13/2021 | 80.893 |
| 6/14/2021 | 84.356 |
| 6/15/2021 | 79.258 |
| 6/16/2021 | 84.558 |
| 6/17/2021 | 76.788 |
| 6/18/2021 | 82.693 |
| 6/19/2021 | 73.958 |
| 6/20/2021 | 55.910 |
| 6/21/2021 | 60.060 |
| 6/22/2021 | 63.918 |
| 6/23/2021 | 63.198 |
| 6/24/2021 | 58.166 |
| 6/25/2021 | 54.36 |
| 6/26/2021 | 55.059 |
| 6/27/2021 | 55.869 |
| 6/28/2021 | 62.352 |
| 6/29/2021 | 64.149 |
| 6/30/2021 | 71.817 |
| 7/1/2021 | 72.796 |
| 7/2/2021 | 75.6 |
| 7/3/2021 | 72.985 |
| 7/4/2021 | 67.665 |
| 7/5/2021 | 70.508 |
| 7/6/2021 | 72.524 |
| 7/7/2021 | 61.701 |
| 7/8/2021 | 60.623 |
| 7/9/2021 | 57.876 |
| 7/10/2021 | 48.264 |
| 7/11/2021 | 50.273 |
| 7/12/2021 | 55.31 |
The following communities/water utilities are included in the Stage 1 plan:
- Alleman
- Ankeny
- Berwick
- Bondurant
- Clive
- Cumming
- Des Moines
- Johnston
- Norwalk
- Pleasant Hill
- Polk City
- Runnells
- Unincorporated Polk County
- Urbandale
- Waukee
- West Des Moines
- Windsor Heights
- Warren Water District
- Xenia Rural Water District
