Water Source Protection Week: The Jordan Aquifer

💧The Jordan Aquifer is one of the three sources of water used by Central Iowa Water Works to produce water for over 600,000 people across central Iowa.

💡Source water protection relates to water quality and water quantity.

‼️The Jordan Aquifer's water is very old, with estimates suggesting it could be up to 180,000 years old, making it a non-renewable resource on a human timescale.

⁉️How can we protect this source?

Water conservation practices can include:

🚿taking shorter showers

🔧fixing household leaks

🚰installing water-saving fixtures

👕washing only full loads of laundry and dishes

🌱watering lawns efficiently

🚨According to the EPA, watering an average sized lawn for 20 minutes a day for seven days is the equivalent to taking more than 800 showers!

Outdoor irrigation uses the most water in our system and can account for as much as 30% of total household water use!