Kellogg Water Supply, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 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.
Who runs the water here
Kellogg Water Supply serves about 617 people through 272 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 Jasper County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA5038017; phone on file: 641-521-0509. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kellogg Water Supply's lead record
That is up 1.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kellogg Water Supply is 1.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Kellogg Water Supply's 1.8 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Iowa and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Jasper County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kellogg Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Water Supply | 16,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colfax Water Supply | 2,305 | 5.1 ppb |
| Monroe Water Supply | 2,007 | 1.2 ppb |
| Prairie City Water Works | 1,703 | 0.81 ppb |
| Baxter Water Supply | 1,002 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sully Muni Water Works | 900 | 2.4 ppb |
| Lynnville Water Dept | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sunrise Terrace Mhc | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mingo Water Department | 316 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kellogg, 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 Kellogg 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.