Colo Water Supply, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
Colo Water Supply at a glance
Colo Water Supply serves about 853 people through 362 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 Story County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA8520061; phone on file: 641-377-2238. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Colo Water Supply is 4.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.1 ppb |
How Colo Water Supply compares
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. Colo Water Supply's 1.1 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in Iowa and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Story County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Colo Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ames Water Treatment Plant | 55,177 | 0 (not detected) |
| Isu | 42,000 | 1.2 ppb |
| Nevada Water Supply | 6,925 | 0 (not detected) |
| Huxley Waterworks Dept | 4,244 | 1.1 ppb |
| Story City Water Dept | 3,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Slater Muni Water Dept | 1,548 | 7 ppb |
| Roland Water Supply | 1,394 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gilbert Water Supply | 1,211 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maxwell Water Department | 859 | 4 ppb |
| Cambridge Water Supply | 832 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Colo, 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 Colo 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. 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.