Yankee Grove Part 3, IA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Yankee Grove Part 3
Yankee Grove Part 3 serves about 25 people through 8 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cedar County, Iowa. EPA system ID: IA1667301; 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.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Yankee Grove Part 3 is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Yankee Grove Part 3 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. Yankee Grove Part 3's 2 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Iowa and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Cedar County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Yankee Grove Part 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tipton Water Supply | 3,149 | 1 ppb |
| West Branch Water Works | 2,509 | 3 ppb |
| Durant Water Supply | 1,871 | 6 ppb |
| Clarence Water Supply | 1,039 | 2 ppb |
| Mechanicsville Water Dept | 1,020 | 4 ppb |
| Lowden Water Supply | 807 | 2 ppb |
| Stanwood Water Supply | 637 | 8 ppb |
| West Branch Mhp | 400 | 2 ppb |
| Bennett Waterworks | 347 | 60 ppb |
| Yankee Grove Hoa | 64 | 2 ppb |
Your move
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 Yankee Grove Part 3 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.