Burlington Municipal Waterworks, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Burlington Municipal Waterworks at a glance
Burlington Municipal Waterworks serves about 26,015 people through 11,237 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Des Moines County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA2909053; phone on file: 319-752-7611. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Burlington Municipal Waterworks's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Burlington Municipal Waterworks is 1.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 ppb |
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. Burlington Municipal Waterworks's 1 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Iowa and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Des Moines County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Burlington Municipal Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Burlington Muni. Water Supply | 3,555 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mediapolis Water Supply | 1,688 | 0.8 ppb |
| Danville Water Supply | 923 | 2 ppb |
| Timberline Estates, Ltd. | 712 | 0 (not detected) |
| Middletown Water Supply | 336 | 0 (not detected) |
| Green Acres Mobile Home Park | 190 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Burlington, 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 Burlington Municipal Waterworks 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.