Bussey Water Supply, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Bussey Water Supply at a glance
Bussey Water Supply serves about 427 people through 258 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 Marion County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA6309061; phone on file: 641-673-8851. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bussey Water Supply is 1.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Bussey Water Supply's 1.4 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Iowa and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Marion County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bussey Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pella Water Works Department | 11,052 | 0.7 ppb |
| Knoxville Water Works | 8,400 | 7.8 ppb |
| Marion Co. Rural Water District | 5,687 | 1.9 ppb |
| Pleasantville Water Works | 1,676 | 0 (not detected) |
| Melcher-Dallas Water Supply | 1,213 | 1.4 ppb |
| Irua - Pershing Utilities | 488 | 1.5 ppb |
| Wheel Estates Mhc | 315 | 2.2 ppb |
| Colonial Terrace Mhp Llc | 250 | 4 ppb |
| Sunrise Mill | 237 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marion Co Rwd (Harvey) | 236 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Oskaloosa, IA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oskaloosa, 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 Bussey 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.