And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. Niatrate levels in the Raccoon River this year reached record niatrate levels in the Raccoon River this year reached record highs. Forcing Des Moines Water Works to spend more money than ever before on making the water safe. And the safety comes at a cost. And it means you will see an increase on your water bill channel 13s Jodi Whitworth joins us in the studio with more. Yeah dan. Its a bit of a bummer of water works customers. Yesterday the board approved a 10 percent rate increase meaning customers can expect about a 2 dollar and 50 cent increase on their monthly bill the increase will impact des moines and polk county. And will likely cause a spike in rates in neighboring suburbs who purchase their water supply from water works. Water works ceo says iowans are actually using less water before. But the water from the Raccoon River is the dirtiest its ever been. That means its taking more manpower and money to keep the water, we do use, clea
You can see whats left of the traffic, still stuck on the bridge not going anywhere. Every once in a while, we see some of that traffic diverted off to the side. But needless to say, westbound san mateo bridge just shut down right now. Traffic being diverted off at clawwitter is and being sent away from the westbound san mateo bridge. The impact on 880, your better alternate is to head down toward the dumbarton bridge, or go back up around the bay bridge, as this closure is likely to stick around for another hour or two. Back to you. All right, back to our other top story, the death of actor Robin Williams. You are looking live at the podium outside the marin county sheriffs department. There will be an update from investigators on the autopsy today. And we can check in now with nbc bay area stephanie chuang, who has been waiting and monitoring that situation from san rafael this morning. Any word on what we might hear from this press conference, stephanie . Reporter yeah, good morning
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