Deerwood Estates Utilities, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Deerwood Estates Utilities
Deerwood Estates Utilities serves about 175 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Webster County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA9433349; phone on file: 515-408-3144. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Deerwood Estates Utilities's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deerwood Estates Utilities is 6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Deerwood Estates Utilities 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. Deerwood Estates Utilities's 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Iowa and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Webster County
22 other systems share Webster County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deerwood Estates Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Dodge Water Supply | 25,874 | 1 ppb |
| Gowrie Muni Utilities Water Dept | 954 | 3 ppb |
| Dayton Municipal Water Supply | 772 | 0 (not detected) |
| Badger Water Supply | 561 | 1 ppb |
| Otho Water Supply | 431 | 1 ppb |
| Palace Park Mhc | 426 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lehigh Water Supply | 395 | 0 (not detected) |
| Duncombe Water Supply | 384 | 0 (not detected) |
| Callender Water Supply | 371 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harcourt Water Supply | 265 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Dodge, 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 Deerwood Estates 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.