Kind Water Co.
Iowa DNR + EPA testing · 2021–2023
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Dubuque Water Works · Mississippi River alluvial wells (groundwater under influence of surface water). Your water meets federal legal limits — but those limits haven't been updated in nearly 20 years.

⚠ PFAS DETECTED
Total PFOS and PFOA (a 'forever chemical') at 946x the health-based guideline. The EPA set its first-ever national PFAS limits in 2024 — reverse osmosis is one of the few proven ways to reduce it.
14
Above health guidelines
946x
PFAS vs. guideline
319x
TTHMs vs. guideline
Bottom line: 14 contaminants came back above the latest health guidelines — led by PFAS 'forever chemicals', farm-runoff nitrate and chlorination byproducts. The good news: the right system reduces all of them.

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 PFOS and PFOA (PFAS) · PFAS 'forever chemical'
6.63 ppt detected · guideline 0.007 ppt · no legal limit
946x
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) · disinfection byproduct
47.8 ppb detected · guideline 0.15 ppb · legal limit 80 ppb
319x
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) · disinfection byproduct
14.4 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no legal limit
240x
Bromodichloromethane · disinfection byproduct
10.5 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no legal limit
176x
Chloroform · disinfection byproduct
32.5 ppb detected · guideline 0.4 ppb · no legal limit
81x
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) · disinfection byproduct
7.65 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · legal limit 60 ppb
77x
Dibromochloromethane · disinfection byproduct
4.59 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no legal limit
46x
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) · PFAS 'forever chemical'
3.07 ppt detected · guideline 0.09 ppt · legal limit 4 ppt
34x
Dichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
5.71 ppb detected · guideline 0.2 ppb · no legal limit
29x
Trichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
2.13 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no legal limit
21x
Chromium (hexavalent)
0.349 ppb detected · guideline 0.02 ppb · no legal limit
17x
Dibromoacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
0.346 ppb detected · guideline 0.03 ppb · no legal limit
12x
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) · PFAS 'forever chemical'
2.82 ppt detected · guideline 0.3 ppt · legal limit 4 ppt
9.4x
Nitrate · farm runoff
0.653 ppm detected · guideline 0.14 ppm · legal limit 10 ppm
4.7x
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Compiled from the EWG Tap Water Database, which aggregates the testing results utilities report to state agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (detections 2021–2023; radiologicals 2018–2023). Official Iowa records are published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Levels are utility-wide averages and meet federal legal limits; 'health-based guideline' means EWG's own health guideline, which is not enforceable and is stricter than the federal legal limit. Informational only — not a medical or safety determination. Your home's water, especially on a private well, may differ; a free in-home test measures your actual water.

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