Wheel Estates Mhc, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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.
Wheel Estates Mhc at a glance
Wheel Estates Mhc serves about 315 people through 126 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: IA6342301; phone on file: 515-310-1201. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wheel Estates Mhc is 2.2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 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. Wheel Estates Mhc's 2.2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Iowa and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Marion County
12 other systems share Marion County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wheel Estates 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 |
| Colonial Terrace Mhp Llc | 250 | 4 ppb |
| Sunrise Mill | 237 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marion Co Rwd (Harvey) | 236 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Knoxville, IA
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 Wheel Estates 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.