Bellevue Municipal Utilities, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Bellevue Municipal Utilities serves about 2,363 people through 939 service connections, which makes it a 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: IA4910000; phone on file: 563-872-3357. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bellevue Municipal Utilities's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bellevue Municipal Utilities is 2.9 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.9 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. Bellevue Municipal Utilities's 0.5 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Iowa and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Jackson County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bellevue Municipal Utilities. 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 |
| Preston Muni Water Supply | 949 | 1.5 ppb |
| Sabula Water Supply | 506 | 1.6 ppb |
| Miles Water Department | 408 | 1.4 ppb |
| Andrew Water Supply | 380 | 0.8 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bellevue, 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 Bellevue Municipal Utilities 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.