Kind Water Co.
Iowa DNR + EPA testing · 2014-2023
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Altoona Water Supply · Groundwater. Your water meets federal legal limits — but those limits haven't been updated in nearly 20 years.
Detected above health-based guidelines
Level found vs. a health-based guideline set by a federal or state public-health authority. Based on public Iowa DNR & U.S. EPA data.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) · disinfection byproduct
31.7 ppb detected · guideline 0.15 ppb · legal limit 80 ppb
Bromodichloromethane · disinfection byproduct
5.29 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no federal limit set
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) · disinfection byproduct
4.29 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no federal limit set
Chloroform · disinfection byproduct
20.4 ppb detected · guideline 0.4 ppb · no federal limit set
Dibromochloromethane · disinfection byproduct
4.47 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no federal limit set
Radium, combined (-226 and -228) · radiological
2.24 pCi/L detected · guideline 0.05 pCi/L · legal limit 5 pCi/L
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) · disinfection byproduct
4.11 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · legal limit 60 ppb
Dibromoacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
0.671 ppb detected · guideline 0.03 ppb · no federal limit set
Trichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
0.993 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no federal limit set
Dichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
1.76 ppb detected · guideline 0.2 ppb · no federal limit set
Nitrate · farm & fertiliser runoff
0.667 ppm detected · guideline 0.14 ppm · legal limit 10 ppm
Bromoform · disinfection byproduct
1.57 ppb detected · guideline 0.5 ppb · no federal limit set
Carbon tetrachloride
0.253 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · legal limit 5 ppb
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