Urbandale Water Utility, 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 Urbandale Water Utility
Urbandale Water Utility serves about 45,605 people through 17,564 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Polk County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA7780042; phone on file: 515-278-3940. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Urbandale Water Utility's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Urbandale Water Utility is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Iowa systems
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. Urbandale Water Utility's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Iowa and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Polk County
34 other systems share Polk County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Urbandale Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Water Works | 246,055 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ankeny, City Of | 76,207 | 0 (not detected) |
| Johnston Municipal Water Supply | 24,897 | 0 (not detected) |
| Altoona Water Supply | 22,436 | 5.6 ppb |
| Clive Water Department | 20,277 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grimes Water Supply | 17,997 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bondurant Muni Water Supply | 9,393 | 1.3 ppb |
| Southeast Polk Rwd | 7,565 | 0 (not detected) |
| Polk City Water Supply | 6,533 | 1.3 ppb |
| Mitchellville Water Supply | 2,515 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Urbandale, IA
Look up your address in Urbandale Water Utility'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 Urbandale Water Utility 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.