Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water Share Updated: 3:45 PM CDT Jul 4, 2021 Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water Share Updated: 3:45 PM CDT Jul 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript STEVE: FIRST AT 5:00. THE WATER WORRIES ARE GETTGIN SERIOUS ACROSS THE DES MOINES METRO. RHEYA: WE’RE FOLLOWING SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT. RLEAIER TODAY DES MOINES WERAT WORKS ANNOUNCED IT’S ACTIVATING STAGE ONE OF ITS WATER SHORTAGE PLAN. STEVE: WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DRY STRETCH OF WEATHER BUT WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR NEXT SHOT AT RA.IN LET’STA SRT WITH LAURA TERRELL, SHE IS LIVE IN DES MOINES WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO HELP OUT. LAURA: I AM LIVE HERE AT THE RACOON RIVER JUST WEST OF FLEUR E.IVDR YOU CAN SEE HOW LOW THE LEVELS RP REVIEW CAN ACTUALLY WALK ACROSSHE T RIVER IN SOME PLACES. HERE IS WHAT DES MOINES WATER WORKS IS ASKING YOU TO DO. THEY WANT ALL 500,000 DES MOINES WATER WORKS CUSTOMERS RECEDU WATERING THEIR LAWN BY 2. LAW WATERING TAKES UP AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WATER AND REDUCING THIS THEY SAY IS ETH BEST WAY TO HELP THE SITUAONTI RIGHT NOW. ON MONDAYS THEY ASK THAT NO ONE WATER THEIR LA.WN AND FOR THE REST OF THE DAYSF O THE WEEK THERE IS AN ODD AND EVEN SCHEDULE DEPENDING ON YOUR ADDRESS. DEMAND FOR WATER IS EXTREMELY HIGH, AND THE RIVER IS EXTREMELY LOW. THAT IS WHY DES MOINES WATER WORKS IS IMPLEMENTING STAGE EON OF ITS WERAT SHORTAGE PLAN. CEO TED CORRIGAN SAYS THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THEY HAVE DONE THIS IN HIS 31 YEARS AT DES MOINES WATER WKS.OR SO THE SITUATION IS PRTYET SERIOUS AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP. >> THE FOCUS OF THE MESSAGE TOYDAS, I BACK OFF ON WATERING OUR LAWNS. WATER THE FRONT ANDOT N THE BACK, OR WATER TWO DAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF THREE IF YOU WANT TO WATER YOUR LAWN. WE ARE TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. LAURA: DES MOINES WATER RKSWO PLANS TO PUT UP FLASH BOARDS ON THURSDAY THAT HELPS TO POOL THE WATER IN THE RIVER SO IT WL GOIL IN THE INTAKE. LIVE IN DES MOINES AT THE RAONCO RIVER LAURA TERRELL, KCCI 8 , NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. RHEYA: IN WEST DES MOINES ETH WATER WORKS IS ASKING CUSTOMERS TO VOLUNTARILYED RUCE IRRIGATION AND WATERING. THEY ALSO WANT CUSTOMERS TO CUT OUTSIDE IRRIGATION BY 25%.