Radcliffe Municipal Water, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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
Radcliffe Municipal Water serves about 561 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 Hardin County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA4283067; phone on file: 515-899-2118. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Radcliffe Municipal Water is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
How Radcliffe Municipal Water compares
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. Radcliffe Municipal Water's 1 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Iowa and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Hardin County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Radcliffe Municipal Water. 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 |
| Union Water Supply | 399 | 2.8 ppb |
| Steamboat Rock Water Dept | 264 | 2.4 ppb |
| New Providence Water Supply | 236 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinecrest Mhp | 113 | - |
| Chase Mobile Home Park | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Radcliffe, 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 Radcliffe Municipal Water 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.