Is Indianola, IA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Indianola has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Iowa’s records.
Warren Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 30 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Indianola’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Warren Water District
Iowa · serves 20,095 people · about 570 in Indianola
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 30 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Indianola Water Supply
Iowa · serves 15,833 people · about 520 in Indianola
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 480 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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North American Mobile Home Park
Iowa · serves 235 people · lists Indianola among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Indian Ridge Mobile Home Community
Iowa · serves 153 people · lists Indianola among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.56 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sunfield Mobile Home Community
Iowa · serves 80 people · lists Indianola among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Indianola
The 3 labs Iowa certifies closest to Indianola, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
State Hygienic Laboratory - Ankeny
Ankeny, IA · about 27 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Microbac Laboratories - Newton
Newton, IA · about 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Microbac Laboratories - Centerville
Centerville, IA · about 56 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 IowaZIP codes in Indianola
Which ZIP codes are in Indianola: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Iowa DNR, laboratories certified for drinking water; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Indianola
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Warren Water District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water