Lake Panorama Water Company, 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.
Lake Panorama Water Company at a glance
Lake Panorama Water Company serves about 2,900 people through 1,160 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Guthrie County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA3900301; phone on file: 641-755-2101. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lake Panorama Water Company's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Panorama Water Company is 2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Lake Panorama Water Company's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Iowa and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Guthrie County
6 other systems share Guthrie County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Panorama Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Guthrie Center Muni Water Work | 1,593 | 4.8 ppb |
| Panora Water Works | 1,142 | 2 ppb |
| Bayard Water Supply | 405 | 0.3 ppb |
| Casey Water Supply | 387 | 1 ppb |
| Yale Water Supply | 267 | 2 ppb |
| Jamaica Water Supply | 195 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Panora, IA
Look up your address in Lake Panorama Water Company'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 Lake Panorama Water Company 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.