New Liberty's water goes from the ground to your tap with no treatment at all. The Iowa DNR's 2019 inspection says it in four words, "No treatment is provided," and EPA's federal treatment table for the system is empty. A single well drilled in 1949 supplies the whole town, and no current hardness figure is published for it.
When a town adds nothing and removes nothing, every home's water treatment happens at home. We install water softeners, whole-home filtration and reverse osmosis drinking-water systems for New Liberty households, and we repair and maintain the equipment already in place, including brands we did not sell. For acreages beyond the town's 67 connections we build complete well systems. Every installation is completed by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
Your quote begins with the free in-home water test at the kitchen sink, where we measure hardness, iron and total dissolved solids. Travel is included for the first 50 miles, and beyond that it is $1 a mile, quoted up front before you agree. To start, book the free in-home water test, or use the instant quote to see pricing first.
| New Liberty at a glance | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Who supplies the water | New Liberty Water Supply, city-owned, PWSID IA8264059: 138 people and 67 service connections in EPA SDWIS. |
| Where it comes from | One Silurian aquifer well, New Liberty #1, drilled on 24 May 1949. The Iowa DNR Source Water Tracker lists it at 205 feet; the 2019 state survey describes it as about 280 feet. |
| Softened at the plant? | No. There is no treatment of any kind on record: EPA SDWIS lists no treatment process, and the 2019 Iowa DNR survey states none is provided. |
| Published hardness | No current figure. The Iowa DNR sample database holds no hardness result for New Liberty. The Iowa DNR Municipal Water-Supply Inventory lists seven lab samples from this well, taken from 1949 to 1984, at 313 to 332 mg/L as calcium carbonate (about 18 to 19 grains per gallon), the last 328 mg/L in February 1984. |
The state's sanitary survey from 19 November 2019 describes the entire system in a few lines. Well #1 has a submersible pump rated at about 100 gallons a minute, and that pump alone pushes water into town. Storage and pressure come from six small hydropneumatic tanks, two of 119 gallons, three of 85 gallons and one of 500 gallons, kept in the pump house inside the City Hall building. The inspector found no significant or minor deficiencies.
The recommendations were practical ones for a one-well town: an alarm in case the pump fails, a yearly contingency plan for emergency water, a check on how much pumped water actually reaches customers, and a copy of the well log. That last item matters when you notice the state's two records disagree on depth. The tracker says 205 feet; the survey says about 280. We show both rather than pick one.
The federal facility inventory marks the source as untreated, and the treatment table returns no records. In practical terms, whatever minerals the Silurian dolomite gives the water, your plumbing receives unchanged.
During the 2019 inspection the DNR sampled the water for manganese as part of a statewide protocol. The State Hygienic Laboratory result was 0.19 mg/L. The DNR's letter to the city said some manganese is present but below the 0.3 mg/L level of health concern the program was screening for.
There is a second, lower yardstick. EPA's non-enforceable secondary guideline for manganese is 0.05 mg/L, set for appearance and taste: above it, water can turn black to brown, leave black staining and taste bitter and metallic. New Liberty's 2019 result is almost four times that guideline, and nothing in the system removes manganese. It is the only manganese result in the state portal for this supply, but the older Iowa DNR inventory shows soluble manganese of 0.10 to 0.20 mg/L in samples from the same well between 1949 and 1989.
If you already see dark staining in toilets, sinks or laundry, mention it when you book. Our free test measures iron but not manganese, and treatment for either one is quoted after the test.
EPA SDWIS lists no violations for IA8264059 since 2018. The most recent entry is a Total Coliform Rule routine monitoring violation for December 2014, category monitoring and reporting, flagged as not health-based. A monitoring violation means required sampling was not completed or reported on time; it is not a record of bacteria found. The system returned to compliance on 4 August 2016. The only other entry is a Consumer Confidence Report rule violation from 1999, category "Other".
Two other state results give useful context. Nitrate was below 0.10 mg/L on 2 October 2025, and sodium was 5.6 mg/L on 9 July 2025, a low starting point for families who plan to soften.
With nothing removed before the water reaches you, a New Liberty home gets the aquifer's full mineral load. A quote here starts with a softener sized from the test, and adds iron or manganese treatment only if the readings and the staining call for it.
Every price is all-in: equipment, installation, taxes and a lifetime parts warranty. Annual maintenance is $199 a year for a tank-RO home and $249 a year for a tankless-RO home. A diagnostic service call is $199, and a known-issue trip is $99 plus the part. We offer 0% financing and $100 off for military and first responders.
An existing softener that seems to have given up is often fixable; our water softener repair guide covers the common faults. For drinking water, the Quad Cities reverse osmosis guide compares tank and tankless systems.
Outside the town's pipes, homes are on private wells, and the same rule applies as in town: no one treats or tests that water unless the owner does. Scott County Health Department offers private well sampling free of charge through Iowa's Grants to Counties program, with samples analysed by a state-certified laboratory. It recommends checking for coliform bacteria and nitrate annually, after work on the pump or plumbing, and after a new well goes in. Grant money can also cover part of the cost to plug a well that is no longer used or to rehabilitate an aging one, and the department permits and inspects new private wells. Call 563-326-8618, and read our free well water testing guide for Iowa homeowners.
Once a lab confirms the water is safe, a well dual-tank system takes care of hardness and iron. UV is a supplemental NSF/ANSI 55 Class B unit for water that has already tested safe, never a cure for a contaminated well.
The newest hardness figure on record for New Liberty dates from 1984, and the system does nothing to change the water, so your own tap is the place to get a current number. We measure hardness, iron and total dissolved solids at the kitchen sink and leave you the readings and a written quote. The visit does not test bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, lead or PFAS; those require a certified lab. Book the free in-home water test, or call or text 319-319-6566.
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According to the public record, no. The Iowa DNR sanitary survey of 19 November 2019 states that no treatment is provided, and EPA SDWIS lists no treatment process for PWSID IA8264059. Water from the town's single 1949 well goes to the distribution system as pumped.
No current hardness figure is published. The Iowa DNR sample database holds no hardness result for New Liberty Water Supply; the newest figures on record are Iowa DNR inventory samples from the same 1949 well, 313 to 332 mg/L as calcium carbonate between 1949 and 1984. The system does not treat its water, so nothing reduces hardness before it reaches homes. A free test at your kitchen sink gives you the current number.
The state's records disagree. The Iowa DNR Source Water Tracker lists New Liberty #1, drilled on 24 May 1949 into the Silurian aquifer, at 205 feet, while the 2019 sanitary survey describes it as about 280 feet deep and recommends the system obtain a copy of the well log.
A State Hygienic Laboratory sample taken during the 2019 inspection measured 0.19 mg/L. The Iowa DNR said that is below the 0.3 mg/L level of health concern, but it is above EPA's non-enforceable 0.05 mg/L guideline for appearance and taste, the level linked to black or brown staining.
Yes. We repair and maintain softeners, filters and reverse osmosis systems, including brands we did not sell, with a $199 diagnostic call or a $99 known-issue trip plus the part. A new softener is $2,500 all-in, installed by licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule, and stand behind.
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