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Major Segment of WRA Ingersoll Run Sewer Separation Project Nears Completion

Segment 1 of the WRA's Ingersoll Run Project is nearing completion several months ahead of schedule. All intersections entering downtown from W MLK Jr. Pkwy have opened and road reconstruction is set to be completed in spring of 2024.

DES MOINES, IOWA – Wednesday, November 22, 2023 – A major segment of the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority's (WRA) EPA-mandated Ingersoll Run Sewer Separation Project is neari...

Wastewater Of Over 500,000 Iowans Being Tested For Covid-19 And Variants

The DMMWRA is participating in a national program to test wastewater for the presence of COVID-19 to better track outbreaks and variants.

The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority (DMMWRA) is participating in a national study of wastewater that is tracking the presence and concentration of COVID-19 and its variants by testing wastewater samples from across the country.

The...

WRA Represents Iowa for First Time in WEFTEC Ops Challenge

Meet the WRA Reclaimers, the first team of wastewater operators to represent the State of Iowa at WEFTEC's Operations challenge this year in Chicago.

The 18 member communities in the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority (WRA) are served by an extremely talented group of professionals who keep our rivers, lakes and streams cleaner by treating wastewater with the best technology and l...

New Birdland Pump Station Will Improve Wastewater Capacity, Eliminate Combined Sewer Overflow

A brand-new Birdland Pump Station is being constructed in the 1800 Block of Saylor Road to meet growing capacity needs and eliminate a combined sewer overflow at the current station, which was built in 1964.

 

DES MOINES, IOWA – Tuesday, July 11, 2023 – A brand-new Birdland Pump Station is being constructed in the 1800 Block of Saylor Road to meet growing capacity needs in the area. The project also results from the WRA’s co...

WRA Recognized at NACWA Award Ceremony

The WRA received two awards during a ceremony at the NACWA 2023 Winter Conference in Sonoma, CA.

WRA Celebrates 50 Years of Clean Water Act

50 years ago, the Clean Water Act changed wastewater management forever. Today, see how it still affects everything we do at the WRA.

Ingersoll Run Project Details

Learn more about the planned Ingersoll Run construction project timeline and the street closures that will affect traffic around the project.

Although the name of the project lends one to believe that Ingersoll Ave. is going to be impacted, the greatest disruption is going to be along Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy from SW 15th St. to SW 2nd St.

The WRA is currently designing the WRA Ingersoll Run ...