Vista Village Mhc, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 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 Vista Village Mhc
Vista Village Mhc serves about 110 people through 50 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Marion County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA6377601; phone on file: 641-891-2051. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Vista Village Mhc's lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vista Village Mhc is 2.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
How Vista Village Mhc 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. Vista Village Mhc's 2.4 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Iowa and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Marion County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vista Village Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pella Water Works Department | 11,052 | 0.7 ppb |
| Knoxville Water Works | 8,400 | 7.8 ppb |
| Marion Co. Rural Water District | 5,687 | 1.9 ppb |
| Pleasantville Water Works | 1,676 | 0 (not detected) |
| Melcher-Dallas Water Supply | 1,213 | 1.4 ppb |
| Irua - Pershing Utilities | 488 | 1.5 ppb |
| Bussey Water Supply | 427 | 1.4 ppb |
| Wheel Estates Mhc | 315 | 2.2 ppb |
| Colonial Terrace Mhp Llc | 250 | 4 ppb |
| Sunrise Mill | 237 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Knoxville, 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 Vista Village Mhc 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.