New Providence Water Supply, IA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
New Providence Water Supply at a glance
New Providence Water Supply serves about 236 people through 120 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hardin County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA4271062; phone on file: 641-521-0741. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Providence Water Supply is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. New Providence Water Supply's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Iowa and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Hardin County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Providence Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Falls Water Department | 5,146 | 9 ppb |
| Eldora Water Supply | 2,664 | 3 ppb |
| Ackley Municipal Water Works | 1,599 | 3.2 ppb |
| Hubbard Water Supply | 860 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alden Water Supply | 764 | 2 ppb |
| Radcliffe Municipal Water | 561 | 1 ppb |
| Union Water Supply | 399 | 2.8 ppb |
| Steamboat Rock Water Dept | 264 | 2.4 ppb |
| Pinecrest Mhp | 113 | - |
| Chase Mobile Home Park | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Newton, IA
Look up your address in New Providence 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 New Providence 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.