Elk Run Heights Water Supply, IA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Elk Run Heights Water Supply serves about 1,069 people through 485 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 Black Hawk County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA0721014; phone on file: 319-300-5045. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Elk Run Heights Water Supply's lead record
That is down 3.5 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elk Run Heights Water Supply is 3.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.7 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. Elk Run Heights Water Supply's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Iowa and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Black Hawk County
9 other systems share Black Hawk County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elk Run Heights Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Water Works | 69,504 | 1.8 ppb |
| Cedar Falls Municipal Water Utilities | 40,713 | 1.4 ppb |
| Evansdale Water Works | 4,561 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hudson Water Supply | 2,546 | 3.21 ppb |
| La Porte City Utilities | 2,284 | 1 ppb |
| Dunkerton Muni Water Supply | 842 | 1.2 ppb |
| Gilbertville Water Works | 796 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Falls Mobile Home Village | 388 | 1.24 ppb |
| Lenwood Utilities | 238 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Elk Run Heights Water Supply'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 Elk Run Heights 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.