Renwick Munic Water Supply, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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
Renwick Munic Water Supply serves about 234 people through 169 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 Humboldt County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA4669080; phone on file: 515-825-8122. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Renwick Munic Water Supply's lead record
That is down 4 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Renwick Munic Water Supply is 6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Renwick Munic Water Supply 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. Renwick Munic Water Supply's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Iowa and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Humboldt County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Renwick Munic Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Municipal Water Dept | 4,792 | 1 ppb |
| Dakota City Water Supply | 769 | 1 ppb |
| Livermore Water Supply | 383 | 6 ppb |
| Bode Municipal Water Supply | 304 | 5 ppb |
| Thor Water Works | 181 | 4 ppb |
| Rutland Water Supply | 116 | 2 ppb |
| Ottosen Water Supply | 41 | 12 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Renwick, 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 Renwick Munic 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.