Iowa tap water, by utility.
156 utilities with a full report, serving 2.5 million people as they report it. Regulated PFAS turned up at 17 of them.
| Utility | Based in | Serves | Regulated PFAS | Health-based violations since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Water Works | Des Moines | 246,055 | None found | 1 |
| Iowa - American WTR Co - Davenport | Davenport | 147,720 | PFOA | 0 |
| Cedar Rapids Water Department | Cedar Rapids | 142,364 | None found | 0 |
| Sioux City Water Supply | Sioux City | 85,791 | PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFBS | 5 |
| City of Ankeny | Ankeny | 76,207 | None found | 0 |
| West Des Moines Water Works | West Des Moines | 73,959 | None found | 0 |
| Waterloo Water Works | Waterloo | 69,504 | PFHxS, PFBS | 0 |
| Iowa City Water Department | Iowa City | 68,753 | None found | 0 |
| Council Bluffs Water Works | Council Bluffs | 64,447 | None found | 0 |
| Dubuque Water Works | Dubuque | 59,667 | PFOA | 0 |
| Ames Water Treatment Plant | Ames | 55,177 | None found | 0 |
| Urbandale Water Utility | Urbandale | 45,605 | None found | 0 |
| Isu | Ames | 42,000 | None found | 0 |
| Marion Municipal Water Dept | Marion | 41,623 | None found | 0 |
| Cedar Falls Municipal Water Utilities | Cedar Falls | 40,713 | None found | 0 |
| IA Regional Utilities Assoc (Waverly) | Waverly | 37,820 | None found | 0 |
| Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun) | Centerville | 33,000 | None found | 0 |
| Waukee Water Supply | Waukee | 31,823 | None found | 0 |
| Marshalltown Water Works | Marshalltown | 27,680 | None found | 0 |
| Mason City Water Department | Mason City | 27,338 | None found | 0 |
| University Water System | Iowa City | 26,684 | None found | 2 |
| Burlington Municipal Waterworks | Burlington | 26,015 | PFBS | 1 |
| Fort Dodge Water Supply | Fort Dodge | 25,874 | None found | 0 |
| Ottumwa Water Works | Ottumwa | 25,529 | None found | 0 |
| Muscatine Power & Water | Muscatine | 25,516 | PFOA, PFOS, PFBS | 0 |
| Johnston Municipal Water Supply | Johnston | 24,897 | None found | 0 |
| Iowa - American WTR Co - Clinton District | Clinton | 24,769 | PFBS | 0 |
| North Liberty Water Supply | North Liberty | 23,276 | None found | 0 |
| Coralville Muni Water System | Coralville | 22,318 | None found | 0 |
| Sirwa #2 (Creston) | Creston | 20,793 | None found | 0 |
| Clive Water Department | Clive | 20,277 | None found | 0 |
| Warren Water District | Indianola | 20,095 | None found | 0 |
| Altoona Water Supply | Altoona | 19,565 | None found | 1 |
| Grimes Water Supply | Grimes | 17,809 | None found | 0 |
| Wapello Rural Water Assoc. | Ottumwa | 17,263 | None found | 0 |
| Newton Water Supply | Newton | 16,518 | None found | 0 |
| Indianola Water Supply | Indianola | 15,833 | None found | 0 |
| Norwalk Water Supply | Norwalk | 14,334 | None found | 0 |
| Poweshiek Water Association | Brooklyn | 13,920 | None found | 0 |
| Xenia RWD (Des Moines) | Minburn | 12,860 | None found | 0 |
| Oskaloosa Municipal Water Dept | Oskaloosa | 12,808 | None found | 0 |
| Boone Water Works | Boone | 12,704 | None found | 4 |
| Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison) | Fort Madison | 11,840 | None found | 0 |
| Storm Lake Water Treatment Plant | Storm Lake | 11,431 | None found | 0 |
| Spencer Municipal Water Utility | Spencer | 11,325 | None found | 0 |
| Ft Madison Muni Water Works | Fort Madison | 11,087 | None found | 0 |
| Pella Water Works Department | Pella | 11,052 | None found | 0 |
| Lemars Water Department | Le Mars | 10,606 | None found | 0 |
| Waverly Water Department | Waverly | 10,394 | PFOA, PFHxS, PFBS | 0 |
| Carroll Municipal Water Supply | Carroll | 10,184 | None found | 0 |
| Keokuk Municipal Water Works | Keokuk | 9,900 | PFBS | 0 |
| Fairfield Water Supply | Fairfield | 9,821 | None found | 0 |
| Mahaska Rural Water System, Inc. | Oskaloosa | 9,818 | None found | 1 |
| Grinnell Water Department | Grinnell | 9,564 | None found | 13 |
| Bondurant Muni Water Supply | Bondurant | 9,393 | PFHxS | 0 |
| Denison Water Supply | Denison | 9,381 | None found | 0 |
| Mount Pleasant Municipal Utilities | Mount Pleasant | 9,274 | None found | 0 |
| Iowa Lakes Regional Water - Osgood | Graettinger | 9,021 | None found | 0 |
| Knoxville Water Works | Knoxville | 8,400 | None found | 0 |
| Rathbun Reg WTR Assn (Burlington) | Burlington | 8,375 | None found | 0 |
| Sioux Center Municipal Water Department | Sioux Center | 8,231 | None found | 0 |
| Perry Municipal Water Works | Perry | 7,836 | None found | 0 |
| Webster City Water Supply | Webster City | 7,825 | None found | 0 |
| Clear Lake Water Department | Clear Lake | 7,687 | None found | 0 |
| Decorah Water Department | Decorah | 7,615 | PFBS | 0 |
| Tiffin Water Supply | Tiffin | 7,577 | Not sampled | 0 |
| Southeast Polk RWD | Altoona | 7,565 | None found | 0 |
| Creston Water Supply | Creston | 7,536 | None found | 2 |
| Charles City Water Supply | Charles City | 7,446 | None found | 0 |
| Washington Water Department | Washington | 7,362 | None found | 0 |
| Atlantic Municipal Utilities | Atlantic | 7,252 | None found | 0 |
| Hiawatha Water Dept | Hiawatha | 7,183 | PFHxS, PFBS | 0 |
| Osceola Rural Water System - North | May City | 7,002 | None found | 0 |
| Nevada Water Supply | Nevada | 6,925 | None found | 0 |
| Iowa Lakes Regional Water | Spencer | 6,755 | None found | 0 |
| Eldridge Water Supply | Eldridge | 6,726 | None found | 0 |
| Polk City Water Supply | Polk City | 6,533 | None found | 0 |
| Adel Municipal Water Works | Adel | 6,461 | None found | 0 |
| Orange City Municipal Water Department | Orange City | 6,267 | None found | 0 |
| Spirit Lake Waterworks | Spirit Lake | 6,167 | None found | 1 |
| Maquoketa Municipal Water | Maquoketa | 6,128 | None found | 0 |
| Xenia RWD (North) | Stratford | 6,122 | None found | 0 |
| Independence Water Dept | Independence | 6,064 | None found | 0 |
| Asbury Municipal Water System | Asbury | 5,943 | None found | 0 |
| Oelwein Municipal Water Works | Oelwein | 5,920 | None found | 0 |
| Estherville Water Treatment Plant | Estherville | 5,904 | None found | 0 |
| Marion Co. Rural Water District | Knoxville | 5,687 | None found | 0 |
| Red Oak Water Supply | Red Oak | 5,596 | None found | 0 |
| De Witt Water Supply | De Witt | 5,514 | None found | 0 |
| Sheldon Water Department | Sheldon | 5,512 | None found | 0 |
| Osceola Water Works | Osceola | 5,503 | None found | 6 |
| Algona Municipal Utilities | Algona | 5,487 | None found | 0 |
| Glenwood Municipal Utilities | Glenwood | 5,449 | None found | 0 |
| Winterset Municipal Waterworks | Winterset | 5,428 | None found | 1 |
| Southern Sioux County Rural Water | Ireton | 5,420 | None found | 0 |
| Centerville Municipal Waterworks | Centerville | 5,344 | None found | 0 |
| Cherokee Water Supply - Plant 1 | Cherokee | 5,199 | None found | 0 |
| Iowa Falls Water Department | Iowa Falls | 5,146 | None found | 0 |
| Manchester Water Supply | Manchester | 5,077 | None found | 0 |
| Harlan Municipal Utilities | Harlan | 5,067 | None found | 0 |
| Sergeant Bluff Water Supply | Sergeant Bluff | 5,015 | None found | 0 |
| Xenia RWD (Boone) | Luther | 4,975 | None found | 0 |
| Vinton Municipal Water Dept | Vinton | 4,938 | None found | 0 |
| Shenandoah Water Dept | Shenandoah | 4,925 | None found | 0 |
| Humboldt Municipal Water Dept | Humboldt | 4,792 | None found | 0 |
| Sac & Fox (Meskwaki) in Iowa | Tama | 4,765 | None found | 0 |
| Camanche Water Supply | Camanche | 4,570 | None found | 0 |
| Evansdale Water Works | Evansdale | 4,561 | None found | 0 |
| Mount Vernon Water Supply | Mount Vernon | 4,527 | None found | 0 |
| Dyersville Municipal Water Co | Dyersville | 4,477 | None found | 3 |
| Anamosa Municipal Water Supply | Anamosa | 4,457 | None found | 0 |
| Chariton Municipal Water Works | Chariton | 4,381 | None found | 20 |
| Clarinda Water Plant | Clarinda | 4,372 | None found | 0 |
| Hampton Muni Water Works | Hampton | 4,337 | None found | 0 |
| Forest City Water Supply | Forest City | 4,285 | None found | 0 |
| Huxley Waterworks Dept | Huxley | 4,244 | None found | 0 |
| Jefferson Water Department | Jefferson | 4,182 | None found | 0 |
| Carlisle Water Supply | Carlisle | 4,170 | PFHxS | 0 |
| Regional Water | Avoca | 4,132 | None found | 1 |
| Sirwa #3 (Osceola) | Osceola | 4,080 | None found | 0 |
| Rock Valley Water Supply | Rock Valley | 4,059 | None found | 0 |
| Monticello Water Supply | Monticello | 4,040 | None found | 0 |
| West Liberty Water Utility | West Liberty | 3,938 | None found | 0 |
| Cresco Waterworks | Cresco | 3,913 | None found | 0 |
| Waukon Water Department | Waukon | 3,827 | None found | 0 |
| Carter Lake Water District | Carter Lake | 3,791 | None found | 0 |
| Emmetsburg Municipal Water Department | Emmetsburg | 3,733 | None found | 0 |
| West Burlington Muni. Water Supply | West Burlington | 3,728 | PFOA, PFBS | 0 |
| Albia Municipal Water Works | Albia | 3,721 | None found | 0 |
| Osage Municipal Water Supply | Osage | 3,637 | PFOS, PFHxS | 0 |
| Eagle Grove Water Supply | Eagle Grove | 3,601 | None found | 0 |
| West Central RWA - Nish System | Manning | 3,573 | None found | 0 |
| Southwest Reg Water District (Red Oak) | Red Oak | 3,500 | Not sampled | 0 |
| New Hampton Water Supply | New Hampton | 3,494 | None found | 0 |
| Xenia RWD (Woodward) | Woodward | 3,465 | None found | 0 |
| Milford Municipal Utilities | Milford | 3,431 | Not sampled | 1 |
| Rural Water System #1 | Hospers | 3,428 | None found | 1 |
| Story City Water Dept | Story City | 3,357 | None found | 0 |
| Williamsburg Public Water Supply | Williamsburg | 3,345 | Not sampled | 0 |
| Cherokee RWS - Cherokee Subsystem | Cherokee | 3,315 | Not sampled | 0 |
| Onawa Municipal Water Plant | Onawa | 2,906 | None found | 0 |
| Belle Plaine Water Dept | Belle Plaine | 2,380 | None found | 0 |
| West Central RWA - Boyer System | Wall Lake | 1,715 | None found | 0 |
| Urban Bluffs - North | Council Bluffs | 1,558 | PFBS | 0 |
| Lyon - Sioux RWS - Big Sioux | Rock Rapids | 1,530 | None found | 0 |
| Clarksville Water Supply | Clarksville | 1,254 | None found | 0 |
| Melcher - Dallas Water Supply | Melcher - Dallas | 1,213 | None found | 0 |
| Anita Municipal Utilities | Anita | 972 | None found | 0 |
| Cambridge Water Supply | Cambridge | 832 | PFBS | 0 |
| Okoboji Water Supply | Okoboji | 776 | None found | 0 |
| Bancroft Water Supply | Bancroft | 711 | None found | 0 |
| Clermont Water Supply | Clermont | 586 | None found | 0 |
| Iowa City MHP LLC | Iowa City | 280 | None found | 0 |
| Portsmouth Water Supply | Portsmouth | 189 | None found | 0 |
| Garden Grove Water Supply | Garden Grove | 179 | None found | 0 |
| Riverview Subdivision | Montpelier | 37 | None found | 0 |
| Utilities EPA sampled under UCMR 5, plus any other community system serving 3,300 people or more. Smaller systems appear in ZIP code results. Data: EPA SDWIS 2026 Q2 and UCMR 5. | ||||