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Alexander Water Dept

What EPA’s and Iowa’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
164 people
Connections
73
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Alexander, IA
County
Franklin
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

50420

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and Iowa’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.4 ppm, for the period ending June 30, 2000. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total): Iowa’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 10, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits4

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

52ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 52 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 37 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

63ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 63 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 56 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.44ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.44 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.36 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.59ppm

Highest sample; found in 2 of 6

2025: not found

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.59 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.81 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There is 1 monitoring or reporting violation: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Iowa’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Alexander Water Dept’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Iowa’s results run from Aug. 10, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Alexander Water Dept’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Iowa certifies.

The 3 labs Iowa certifies closest to the area Alexander Water Dept serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • AgSource

    Ellsworth, IA · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (515) 297-8103

  • Eurofins - Cedar Falls

    Cedar Falls, IA · about 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (319) 277-2401

  • Microbac Laboratories - Waterloo

    Waterloo, IA · about 63 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (319) 235-4440

State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa: Through the Grants-to-Counties program, private well owners in participating counties can have their water tested for total coliform bacteria and nitrate. Start with the county sanitarian at your county health department. No cost in a participating county. The Grants-to-Counties Program, State Hygienic Lab at the University of Iowa.

All 36 certified labs for Iowa

Sources

PWSID IA3503014. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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