Sac City Municipal Water Plant, 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.
About Sac City Municipal Water Plant
Sac City Municipal Water Plant serves about 2,093 people through 1,200 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 Sac County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA8150015; phone on file: 712-662-7692. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Sac City Municipal Water Plant'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 Sac City Municipal Water Plant is 0.3 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 | 0.3 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. Sac City Municipal Water Plant's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Iowa and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Sac County
7 other systems share Sac County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sac City Municipal Water Plant. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Central Rwa-Boyer System | 1,715 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake View Water Supply | 1,133 | 4.6 ppb |
| Odebolt Water Supply | 994 | 4.8 ppb |
| Wall Lake Water Supply | 780 | 2.3 ppb |
| Schaller Water Supply | 729 | 0.7 ppb |
| Early Municipal Water Supply | 587 | 1.8 ppb |
| Auburn Water Supply | 265 | 2.4 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Sac City Municipal Water Plant'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 Sac City Municipal Water Plant 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.