Is Montpelier, IA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Montpelier has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Iowa’s records.
Rancho Valley Homeowners Assoc, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Iowa’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Montpelier’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Rancho Valley Homeowners Assoc
Iowa · serves 97 people · under 100 in Montpelier
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Riverview Subdivision
Iowa · serves 37 people · lists Montpelier among the places it serves
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Montpelier
The 3 labs Iowa certifies closest to Montpelier, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Ion Environmental Solutions
Muscatine, IA · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Quad Cities Metallurgical Laboratory
Davenport, IA · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
QC Analytical Services
Le Claire, IA · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
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 IowaWhich ZIP codes are in Montpelier: 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 Montpelier
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Rancho Valley Homeowners Assoc’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water