Is Walford, IA tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Walford has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Iowa’s records.
Clover Ridge Subdivision, 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 Walford’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Clover Ridge Subdivision
Iowa · serves 413 people · nearly all in Walford
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Gaddis Estates HOA
Iowa · serves 220 people · about 170 in Walford
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Walnut Street Well
Iowa · serves 45 people · nearly all in Walford
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Terry Water Association
Iowa · serves 25 people · lists Walford among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Walford
The 3 labs Iowa certifies closest to Walford, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Linn County Public Health Department
Cedar Rapids, IA · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
State Hygienic Laboratory - Coralville
Coralville, IA · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity
Microbac Laboratories - Waterloo
Waterloo, IA · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
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 Walford
Which ZIP codes are in Walford: 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 Walford
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Clover Ridge Subdivision’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