Andrew Water Supply, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Andrew Water Supply serves about 380 people through 140 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA4903050. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Andrew Water Supply is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Andrew Water Supply's 0.8 ppb sits at the 37th percentile in Iowa and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jackson County
9 other systems share Jackson County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Andrew Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Maquoketa Municipal Water | 6,128 | 7.1 ppb |
| Bellevue Municipal Utilities | 2,363 | 0.5 ppb |
| Preston Muni Water Supply | 949 | 1.5 ppb |
| Sabula Water Supply | 506 | 1.6 ppb |
| Miles Water Department | 408 | 1.4 ppb |
| La Motte Water Supply | 237 | 9.6 ppb |
| Springbrook Water Dept | 144 | 2.3 ppb |
| Monmouth Water Supply | 129 | 3 ppb |
| Baldwin Water Supply | 99 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Marshalltown, IA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Andrew Water Supply whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.