Kind Water Co.
Iowa DNR + EPA testing · 2018-2023
What's really in your water?
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Carter Lake Water District · Purchased surface water. 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.
Arsenic · naturally occurring / metals
2.59 ppb detected · guideline 0.004 ppb · legal limit 10 ppb
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) · disinfection byproduct
33.2 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no federal limit set
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) · disinfection byproduct
51.7 ppb detected · guideline 0.15 ppb · legal limit 80 ppb
Bromochloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
5.06 ppb detected · guideline 0.02 ppb · no federal limit set
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) · disinfection byproduct
21.6 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · legal limit 60 ppb
Bromodichloromethane · disinfection byproduct
12.2 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no federal limit set
Chloroform · disinfection byproduct
34.2 ppb detected · guideline 0.4 ppb · no federal limit set
Dichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
16.7 ppb detected · guideline 0.2 ppb · no federal limit set
Dibromochloromethane · disinfection byproduct
5.04 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no federal limit set
Dibromoacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
1.45 ppb detected · guideline 0.03 ppb · no federal limit set
Trichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
3.41 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no federal limit set
Chromium (hexavalent) · naturally occurring / metals
0.609 ppb detected · guideline 0.02 ppb · no federal limit set
Nitrate and nitrite · farm & fertiliser runoff
1.15 ppm detected · guideline 0.14 ppm · legal limit 10 ppm
Radium, combined (-226 and -228) · radiological
0.16 pCi/L detected · guideline 0.05 pCi/L · legal limit 5 pCi/L
Nitrate · farm & fertiliser runoff
0.3 ppm detected · guideline 0.14 ppm · legal limit 10 ppm
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