Iowa Source Water Protection: Workbook, November, 18, 2014

There are a few basic fundamentals you need before starting a source water protection project. These include information on your community’s wells (or intakes), aquifer, source water area, and potential contaminants. All of these essential items should be included in your community’s source water information, you may find this information in the workbook and guidebook.

Iowa Source Water Protection: Guidebook, November, 18, 2014

There are a few basic fundamentals you need before starting a source water protection project. These include information on your community’s wells (or intakes), aquifer, source water area, and potential contaminants. All of these essential items should be included in your community’s source water information, you may find this information in the workbook and guidebook.

Community Water Sampling Event

Summary of water monitoring conducted by the City of Bondurant and Bondurant-Farrar school students of sites in and around Bondurant.

Water Rights and Allocation, January 2010

Iowa Department of Natural Resources commitment to improving the management of both the quantity and quality of water resources, a committee was formed to assess the current policies and practices regarding water rights and allocation, and to make recommendations that would assist the state in moving toward a sustainable future. Water allocation concerns have been raised again in the past few years as increases in the demand for water are projected due to ethanol production, geothermal heating-cooling, and potential irrigation expansion.

08025-015 Remsen Source Water Protection Final Report

The City of Remsen is proactively addressing an increase of nitrates in their public water supply before it becomes a financial catastrophe for them. An intensive assessment was conducted by the Iowa DNR Source Water Protection program as one of four pilot projects in the state. This assessment far surpassed standard desktop assessments and gathered monitoring information in-the-field led by a local watershed group. This was incorporated into a computer modeling program to help the local watershed group discuss alternatives. This comprehensive approach clearly identified the source of nitrate infiltration as a cropland area adjacent to the City well field. Many options were evaluated but only one option provided an economical, viable and secure answer to the water supply needs of Remsen for generations to come. The watershed planning group chose to seek the purchase of this critical area of cropland and convert it to a deep rooted mixture of native grasses. This WIRB funding is intended to be used to acquire a small area totaling 21.1 acres. It represents about 22% of the total local project effort. This will be added to the existing City well field of 40.2 acres and another piece of adjacent property, 35.34 acres, that the City recently acquired as part of an overall aggressive program to protect the community water supply. The City has a signed purchase agreement for 14.4 acres of the 21.1 and a strong verbal commitment to obtain the remaining 5.7 acres. This project has been very active for almost 2 years and is ready to implement immediately upon funding notification. The establishment of native grasses, funded by the local chapter of Pheasants Forever, will take approximately the next three years of operation & maintenance.

Iowa Water Plan '78 The Framework Study - Summary Report

Iowa Natural Resources Council's Water Plan 78, the main report of the State Water Plan Framework Study. This report is the culmination of the three-year cooperative effort between this agency and the Department of Environmental Quality, Conservation Commission, Department of Soil Conservation, and the Geological Survey, funded by the Legislature in 1978.

The State Water Plan 1985

The 1985 State Water Plan was prepared by the Department of Water, Air and Waste Management in response to a 1982 legislative mandate. The report contains recommendations for conservation, priority allocation system, mechanisms to define shortage and initiate the allocation system, better define beneficial use and improving daily management of water rights, well interference and compensation, and groundwater protection strategy.