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Pony Creek #1 HOA

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
125 people
Connections
54
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Pacific Junction, IA
County
Mills
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

51561

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the legal limit. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2003 to 2025.

Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, chromium (total) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Iowa’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 18, 2020 to Aug. 18, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

13ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2026

2026 average: 4.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 13 ppb, in 2021, above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb. Its highest single sample was 21 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 4.0 ppb. EPA recorded a violation for arsenic at this utility in 2021. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.2 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

2.0ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 2.0 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.9ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 14

2026 average: 1.2 ppm

The highest sample, in 2020, was 2.9 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 1.2 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 4.6 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

23ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 23 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 11.7 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

0.26ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2024

2024, one sample: 0.17 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.26 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.17 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.3 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
ArsenicA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJuly 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 20210.021 MG/LArchived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 5 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, chromium (total) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Iowa’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Pony Creek #1 HOA’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. 18, 2020 to Aug. 18, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Pony Creek #1 HOA’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 lab Iowa certifies closest to the area Pony Creek #1 HOA 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 23 miles

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

    (402) 334-7770

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.

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Sources

PWSID IA6500823. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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