Durant's water comes from two wells drilled a little over 300 feet into buried sand and gravel: Well #4 from 1987 at 318 feet and Well #5 from 1999 at 312 feet, according to the Iowa DNR Source Water Protection Tracker. The town's earlier wells were shallow by comparison. Three city wells drilled in 1940, 1953 and 1974 reached only 63 to 80 feet and are all plugged, and a 53-foot alluvial well is listed as not used. The city aerates and filters its water but does not soften it, and no hardness figure for it is published anywhere we could find.
We install water softeners, whole-home filtration and reverse osmosis drinking-water systems for homes on Durant city water, and we build well systems for acreages outside town, in whichever of the three counties yours sits. We also repair and maintain existing softeners, filters and RO units, including brands we did not sell. Installation is done by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
Because Durant publishes no hardness number, the free in-home water test does more of the work here than usual. At your kitchen sink we measure hardness, iron and total dissolved solids, and the softener is sized to those readings. The first 50 miles of travel are free and after that it is $1 a mile, quoted up front before you agree to anything. Book the free in-home water test or get a figure from the instant quote. For a softener that has stopped keeping up, our softener repair guide is a good first read.
| Durant at a glance | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Who supplies the water | Durant Water Supply, PWSID IA1636090, a local-government system serving 1,871 people through 946 service connections in EPA SDWIS. |
| Where it comes from | Groundwater from two active wells in buried sand and gravel, Well #4 (1987, 318 feet) and Well #5 (1999, 312 feet), per the Iowa DNR Source Water Protection Tracker. |
| Softened at the plant? | No. EPA SDWIS lists forced-draft aeration, pressure filtration, chlorination and fluoridation at Plant #1, and no softening step. |
| Published hardness | None published. The Iowa DNR Drinking Water Portal holds no hardness result for IA1636090, and we found no city water quality report that gives one. |
The Iowa DNR tracker lists every well the city has had, with its depth and status. All of them draw buried sand and gravel except one old alluvial well:
EPA's facility inventory shows when the old wells came out of service: Well #2 in April 1990, Well #1 in April 1995 and Well #3 in March 2008. The two active wells feed a single entry point into the system, and that entry point is where the state's sodium samples are drawn.
The storage side has changed recently too. The same inventory lists two 0.25-million-gallon elevated storage tanks as active and a third elevated tank recorded as demolished, with a deactivation date of 6 May 2026. When we queried EPA's SDWIS violation data for IA1636090 on 13 September 2026, it returned no violation records.
EPA SDWIS lists eight treatment records at Durant's Plant #1, which come down to four steps: forced-draft aeration, pressure filtration, chlorination with liquid sodium hypochlorite, and fluoridation with fluorosilicic acid. The record lists the steps, not the reason for them, and Durant does not publish an iron figure, so we will not guess what yours measures. What the record does make clear is that nothing in the treatment removes hardness.
The state sample record does hold one steady number. Sodium at the entry point from Wells #4 and #5 was 5.9 mg/L on 17 June 2024, and every sample back to 2002 falls between 5.6 and 7.2 mg/L, per the Iowa DNR Drinking Water Portal. That is the starting point a household softener adds to, because ion exchange trades hardness minerals for sodium, and it is one more reason to set a softener to measured hardness rather than a guess.
Hardness is the missing piece. The DNR portal returns no hardness result and no total dissolved solids result for IA1636090 at all. Hardness is not a regulated contaminant, but the gap does mean that anyone quoting you a Durant grain figure is quoting something other than a Durant record. Our Iowa hardness by city guide shows which towns do publish one.
Durant is mostly a Cedar County town, but not entirely. The Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 estimates split its 1,798 residents three ways: 1,600 in Cedar County, 110 in Muscatine County and 88 in Scott County. The city's own water and sewer page reflects the same geography, applying water excise tax across Cedar, Muscatine and Scott counties.
For homes on city water, the county line changes nothing about what comes out of the tap: every connection is fed from the same two wells. For acreages outside town it changes who you call, because private well testing and grant money run through county health departments. The next section sorts that out.
These prices are all-in, covering equipment, installation, taxes and a lifetime parts warranty.
Yearly maintenance is $199 for a tank-RO home and $249 for a tankless-RO home. A diagnostic service call is $199, and a known-issue trip is $99 plus the part. Financing is 0%, and military and first responders get $100 off.
Cedar County. Cedar County Environmental Health offers rural homeowners and tenants one free water test a year, subject to grant funds. It tests for coliform bacteria, E. coli and nitrate yearly, and for arsenic and manganese every three years. Grant cost-share is available for well reconstruction, up to $2,000 with pre-approval from the office, and for plugging an abandoned well, up to $700. Call 563-886-2248.
Scott County. The Scott County Health Department samples private wells at no cost for residents whose primary water source is a well, and recommends coliform bacteria and nitrate testing every year. Call 563-326-8618.
Muscatine County. We have not confirmed the details of the program there, so contact the Muscatine County health department directly.
Whichever county you are in, the lab test comes first, because our in-home test does not cover bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, lead or PFAS. After that, we can build a well system around the results. UV is a supplemental NSF/ANSI 55 Class B unit for water that has already tested safe, not a fix for a contaminated well. Our free well water testing guide covers the grant program statewide.
In a town with no published hardness figure, a reading from your own kitchen sink is the only one you will get, and it is the number a softener should be set to. We come to you, test for free, and leave a written all-in quote with no obligation. Book the free in-home water test, use the instant quote, or call or text 319-319-6566.
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No figure is published. The Iowa DNR Drinking Water Portal holds no hardness result for Durant Water Supply, PWSID IA1636090, and we found no city water quality report that prints one. Our free in-home test measures hardness, iron and total dissolved solids at your kitchen sink, which gives you a real number to set a softener to.
Two active wells in buried sand and gravel: Well #4, drilled in 1987 to 318 feet, and Well #5, drilled in 1999 to 312 feet, per the Iowa DNR Source Water Protection Tracker. Three older city wells, 63 to 80 feet deep, are plugged.
No. EPA SDWIS lists forced-draft aeration, pressure filtration, chlorination and fluoridation at the city's plant, and no softening step. Hardness passes through to the tap.
It depends on the county. Cedar County Environmental Health (563-886-2248) offers rural homeowners and tenants one free test a year, subject to grant funds, covering coliform bacteria, E. coli and nitrate, with arsenic and manganese every three years. The Scott County Health Department (563-326-8618) samples private wells at no cost for residents who rely on them. In Muscatine County, contact the county health department.
Yes. A softener is $2,500 all-in, installed by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind. We also repair existing units, including brands we did not sell: $199 for a diagnostic call, or $99 plus the part for a known issue. Travel is free for the first 50 miles, then $1 a mile, quoted before you agree.
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