(Grimes, IA) -- Amidst Central Iowa Water Works' ban on lawn watering, the City of Grimes is telling its residents they don't have to stop. In a press release, the city says their water comes from local wells and is not sourced from the rivers seeing high nitrate levels.
"The City of Grimes is a member of the CIWW and has supported the lawn watering ban," the release reads in part. "The City of Grimes does not have a nitrate problem, or supply problem, and we will not be enforcing the lawn watering ban."
Although that ban is in place for the rest of the utility's coverage area, Central Iowa Water works has maintained water is still safe to drink. The ban on lawn watering for the rest of the area is expected to continue over the next few weeks.