DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Water Quality Bureau will hold an informal stakeholder meeting regarding proposed changes to several chapters of the Iowa Administrative Code. The meeting will take place online on June 17, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and will be held virtually via Google Meet. A short presentation will be provided at the meeting.
The purpose of this meeting is to accept comments and answer questions on the proposed changes to these chapters, which include:
- Chapter 40: Definitions, Public Notice and Education, Consumer Confidence Reports, Reporting
- Chapter 41: Water Supplies
- Chapter 43: Water Supplies-Design and Operation
- Chapter 44: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
- Chapter 50: Water Use
- Chapter 73: Dam Safety
The proposed changes include the following:
- Adoption of the revised Consumer Confidence Reports Rule by reference to the Code of Federal Regulations
- Post-EO10 cleanup of drinking water chapters
- Consideration of comments received during EO10 that were outside of scope
- Revision of the DWSRF chapter to align with Clean Water SRF and Iowa Finance Authority administrative rules, as amended in the EO10 process
- Amendment to the DWSRF chapter to allow costs of service lines as eligible for SRF funds, aligning the rules with federal DWSRF eligibility guidelines
- Update to Water Use Permit public notice and public hearing rules to reflect modern practices and allow renewals to be subject to public hearing requests, per Iowa Code 455B.278
- Amendment of Water Use application fee table to include the existing Water Storage Permit Application Fee, erroneously struck during EO10
- Updating a Dam Safety reference to a Water Use chapter that changed during EO10
To join by video, connect with https://meet.google.com/exh-yghs-fef. To join by phone, call 413-591-0624, and enter PIN: 576 741 417, followed by the pound(#) sign. Additional phone numbers can be found at this link
The proposed changes outlined above can also be viewed on the DNR’s Water Quality Bureau rulemaking webpage.