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City of Magnolia

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
188 people
Connections
94
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Magnolia, IA
County
Harrison
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

51550

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

Fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, chromium (total), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: Iowa’s own results, samples taken from Dec. 21, 2020 to Oct. 7, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.22ppm

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.22 ppm, in 2024, 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 0.2 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.5 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 16.8 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
5 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Lead
  • Nitrate

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, chromium (total), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are Iowa’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Magnolia’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 Dec. 21, 2020 to Oct. 7, 2025.

Testing your own tap

City of Magnolia’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 City of Magnolia serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Midwest Laboratories

    Omaha, NE · about 34 miles

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

    (402) 334-7770

  • Analytical & Consulting Services

    Sergeant Bluff, IA · about 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (712) 943-4888

  • Siouxland District Health Department

    Sioux City, IA · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (712) 234-3908

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 IA4341017. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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