Is Van Meter, IA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Van Meter has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Iowa’s records.
Van Meter Municipal Water Work, 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 Van Meter’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Van Meter Municipal Water Work
Iowa · serves 1,074 people · under 100 in Van Meter
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Deer Hunters Run
Iowa · serves 78 people · under 100 in Van Meter
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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River Oaks Development
Iowa · serves 215 people · lists Van Meter among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Wildwood Water Corporation
Iowa · serves 170 people · lists Van Meter among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Van Meter
The 3 labs Iowa certifies closest to Van Meter, 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 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Microbac Laboratories - Newton
Newton, IA · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
AgSource
Ellsworth, IA · about 62 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, 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 IowaZIP codes in Van Meter
Which ZIP codes are in Van Meter: 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 Van Meter
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Van Meter Municipal Water Work’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