Level of the Raccoon River low through Des Moines, Iowa
10/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Polk County, IA
Des Moines, IA
Start Date: 8/6/2022
- End Date: 2/28/2023
The flashboards on the Des Moines River were put up in the summer and will remain up through the winter to ensure adequate water supplies at the Des Moines River intake and pumping facility.
WHO-TV NBC 13 Des Moines (Iowa), Oct. 11, 2022
The level of the Raccoon River continued to fall, which is the primary water source for Des Moines. Officials with Des Moines Water Works were monitoring the river and anticipate needing to put up the flashboards across a low-head dam next week to keep drawing water from the river. This will the third consecutive year that the measure was needed. Prior to the last three years, the flashboards were last used in 2013, which was also the third of three consecutive years that the boards were used.
Des Moines Register (Iowa), Aug. 6, 2022
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