Water resources data for the 1990 water year for Iowa consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; ground water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report contains records of water discharge for 117 stream-gaging stations; stage or contents for 9 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 6 stream-gaging stations; sediment records for 10 stream-gaging stations; water levels for 185 observation wells; and chemical analyses for the 248 municipal wells. Also included are 120 crest-stage partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous discharge measurements and miscellaneous water-quality analyses.