Amana Society Water System North, IA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Amana Society Water System North at a glance
Amana Society Water System North serves about 1,248 people through 663 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Iowa County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA4848001; phone on file: 319-622-3052. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Amana Society Water System North's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Amana Society Water System North is 13 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 12 ppb over 10 |
Against other Iowa systems
Of the 1,066 Iowa systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 36 have gone over at some point. Amana Society Water System North's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Iowa and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Iowa County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Amana Society Water System North. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg Public Water Supply | 3,345 | 3 ppb |
| Poweshiek Water Association (Iac) | 2,490 | 0.9 ppb |
| Marengo Water Supply | 2,435 | 1.2 ppb |
| North English Water Department | 1,065 | 0 (not detected) |
| Victor Municipal Water Dept | 875 | 18.2 ppb |
| South Amana Water Supply | 300 | 2 ppb |
| Ladora Water Supply | 229 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millersburg Water Dept | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waldenburg Community Water System | 90 | 2 ppb |
| Iowa Valley Estates | 46 | 8 ppb |
Next steps for Amana, IA
Look up your address in Amana Society Water System North's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Amana Society Water System North whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1700 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.