Clover Ridge Subdivision, IA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Clover Ridge Subdivision
Clover Ridge Subdivision serves about 413 people through 148 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Benton County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA0690301; phone on file: 563-571-0634. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clover Ridge Subdivision is 1.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.4 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. Clover Ridge Subdivision's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Iowa and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Benton County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clover Ridge Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vinton Municipal Water Dept | 4,938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belle Plaine Water Dept | 2,380 | 9.8 ppb |
| Atkins Municipal Water Works | 2,056 | 2 ppb |
| Poweshiek Water Association (Cr) | 2,000 | 0.6 ppb |
| Urbana Water Supply | 1,562 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shellsburg Water Supply | 961 | 3.1 ppb |
| Newhall Water Supply | 881 | 2.1 ppb |
| Van Horne Water Works | 779 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blairstown Water Supply | 738 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keystone Water Supply | 599 | 5.9 ppb |
Next steps for Muscatine, IA
Look up your address in Clover Ridge Subdivision'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 Clover Ridge Subdivision 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.