The Meadows, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
The Meadows at a glance
The Meadows serves about 35 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Johnson County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA5225321; phone on file: 641-226-0779. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Meadows is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How The Meadows 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. The Meadows's 3 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Iowa and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
74 other systems share Johnson County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Meadows. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa City Water Department | 68,753 | 4 ppb |
| University Water System | 47,136 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Liberty Water Supply | 23,276 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coralville Muni Water System | 22,318 | 3 ppb |
| Tiffin Water Supply | 7,577 | 0 (not detected) |
| Solon Water Dept | 3,018 | 7 ppb |
| Lone Tree Muni Water System | 1,357 | 2 ppb |
| Lake Ridge, Incorporated | 1,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Modern Manor, Inc | 915 | 1 ppb |
| Hills Water Supply | 863 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Coralville, IA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coralville, 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 The Meadows 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.