Paullina Municipal Water Supply, 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.
Who runs the water here
Paullina Municipal Water Supply serves about 996 people through 637 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 O'Brien County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA7139032; phone on file: 712-949-3428. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Paullina Municipal Water Supply's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paullina Municipal Water Supply is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 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. Paullina Municipal Water Supply's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd 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.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share O'Brien County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paullina Municipal Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Water Department | 5,512 | 2 ppb |
| Hartley Municipal Water Department | 1,605 | 1.6 ppb |
| Sanborn Water Supply | 1,392 | 0 (not detected) |
| Primghar Municipal Water Supply | 902 | 3.3 ppb |
| Sutherland Water Supply | 629 | 1.1 ppb |
| Calumet Water Supply | 146 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Paullina Municipal 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 Paullina Municipal 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.