Kind Water Co installs water softeners, reverse osmosis systems, and whole-home filtration in Tiffin, Iowa. Tiffin runs two active municipal wells in two different bedrock aquifers, and the city is currently building a reverse osmosis water treatment plant — which makes this one of the few towns in the corridor where the right answer depends on timing.
| Quick fact | Details |
|---|---|
| Utility | Tiffin Water Supply (PWSID IA5288021), City of Tiffin — the fastest-growing city in the corridor, with 4,512 people served per Iowa DNR |
| Water source | Two active wells in two different bedrock aquifers, per Iowa DNR source water records: Tiffin #3 at 326 feet in the Silurian-Devonian, and Tiffin #4 at 1,651 feet in the Cambrian-Ordovician (Jordan). Two older wells at 70 and 305 feet are plugged |
| Softened at the plant? | No municipal softening statement has been published, and no hardness figure is available — so today's water is what the bedrock delivers. That is what the new plant is being built to change |
| One distinguishing fact | Tiffin is building a Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant at 119 S. Brown Street. Council approved it April 15, 2025, construction started June 23, 2025, and bid documents require substantial completion by September 30, 2026 |
Tiffin has grown faster than almost anywhere in Johnson County, and the water system has been running to keep up. The city's own project page puts it plainly: "it is essential that our water infrastructure keeps pace with demand."
Right now that demand is met by two wells drilled into two entirely different formations. Iowa DNR records list Tiffin #3 at 326 feet in the Silurian-Devonian aquifer and Tiffin #4 at 1,651 feet in the Cambrian-Ordovician — the deep Jordan. A shallow bedrock well and a deep bedrock well feeding one system is an unusual arrangement, and it means the water chemistry at your tap can depend on which well is carrying load.
The bigger news is what is under construction on S. Brown Street. The project is a 94-by-60-foot reverse osmosis building plus a roughly 100-by-60-foot cast-in-place clearwell, engineered by MSA Professional Services and built by Tricon General Construction. Bid documents set substantial completion at September 30, 2026 and final completion at November 30, 2026.
Here is the honest version of what that means for you. A municipal RO plant changes the water that arrives at your house — that is the entire point of building one. If you are shopping for a softener in Tiffin right now, it is worth knowing the plant is coming, and it is worth having someone test your water again after it is running rather than sizing equipment today for water that may be different next year. We will say that to your face, and we will come back and re-test for free once the plant is online.
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The subdivisions are on city water; the acreages between Tiffin, Oxford and the Iowa River are not. Nothing the city builds on S. Brown Street changes a private well. The Iowa DNR recommends testing every year for bacteria and nitrate, and Iowa's Private Well Grants program covers free county lab testing through your county environmental health office.
Iowa State University extension materials note that nitrate is odorless and tasteless, and that reverse osmosis, distillation and anion exchange remove it; the CDC notes boiling does not remove chemical contaminants. Start with our well water guide, free well testing, nitrates page, or well water treatment.
Because the honest recommendation here is a moving target and most companies will not tell you that. Kind Water Co is family-owned, founded in 2021, headquartered in Marion. Licensed local plumbing professionals we vet, schedule and stand behind do every install — insured and bonded — with a lifetime parts warranty, five years on media, and one year on labor.
Ten minutes at your kitchen sink, your own numbers, a written price the same visit, and a straight answer about whether to buy now or wait. Call or text 319-319-6566, email ryan@kindwaterco.com, or get an instant quote.
We serve Johnson County and the corridor, including North Liberty, Coralville, Iowa City, Solon, and Williamsburg.
Yes. Tiffin is building a Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant at 119 S. Brown Street — council approved it April 15, 2025, on-site construction began June 23, 2025, with MSA Professional Services as engineer and Tricon General Construction as contractor. Bid documents require substantial completion by September 30, 2026 and final completion by November 30, 2026.
Test first, and factor in the timing. A municipal RO plant changes the water arriving at your house, so sizing equipment today for water that may be different next year can be a mistake. We test free, tell you honestly whether to buy now or wait, and will re-test once the plant is running.
Two active wells in two different bedrock aquifers, per Iowa DNR source water records: Tiffin #3 at 326 feet in the Silurian-Devonian, and Tiffin #4 at 1,651 feet in the Cambrian-Ordovician, the formation known as the Jordan. Two older wells, at 70 and 305 feet, are plugged.
No hardness figure is published for Tiffin and no municipal softening statement exists, so we will not quote a number. Unsoftened bedrock groundwater in Iowa is typically hard — the USGS calls anything above 180 mg/L very hard. The only number that means anything is the one measured at your own tap.
Every number on this page comes from a public record. Here is where to open each one yourself.
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