Shenandoah Water Dept, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 ppb (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. 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.
About Shenandoah Water Dept
Shenandoah Water Dept serves about 4,933 people through 2,299 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Page County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA7383045; phone on file: 712-246-3372. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shenandoah Water Dept is 0.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
| 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. Shenandoah Water Dept's 0.5 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Iowa and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Page County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Shenandoah Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clarinda Water Plant | 5,305 | 1.8 ppb |
| Southwest Reg Water District (Clarinda) | 2,942 | 2 ppb |
| Clarinda Treatment Complex | 1,439 | 0 (not detected) |
| Essex Water Supply | 722 | 1.3 ppb |
| Coin Water Supply | 176 | 2.4 ppb |
| College Springs Water Supply | 170 | 3.6 ppb |
| Shambaugh Muni Water Supply | 159 | 0 (not detected) |
| Braddyville Water Works | 147 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shenandoah, 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 Shenandoah Water Dept 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.