Kind Water Co.
Iowa DNR + EPA testing · 2014-2024
What's really in your water?

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Urbandale Water Utility · Purchased surface water. Your water meets federal legal limits — but those limits haven't been updated in nearly 20 years.

12
Above health guidelines
396x
TTHMs vs. guideline
291x
Bromodichloromethane vs. guideline
Bottom line: 12 contaminants came back above the latest health guidelines — led by chlorination byproducts and naturally occurring metals. 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 trihalomethanes (TTHMs) · disinfection byproduct
59.4 ppb detected · guideline 0.15 ppb · legal limit 80 ppb
396x
Bromodichloromethane · disinfection byproduct
17.5 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no federal limit set
291x
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) · disinfection byproduct
13.7 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no federal limit set
229x
Dibromochloromethane · disinfection byproduct
13.3 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no federal limit set
133x
Dibromoacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
3.15 ppb detected · guideline 0.03 ppb · no federal limit set
105x
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) · disinfection byproduct
10.4 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · legal limit 60 ppb
104x
Chloroform · disinfection byproduct
24.8 ppb detected · guideline 0.4 ppb · no federal limit set
62x
Chromium (hexavalent) · naturally occurring / metals
1.23 ppb detected · guideline 0.02 ppb · no federal limit set
61x
Dichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
6.44 ppb detected · guideline 0.2 ppb · no federal limit set
32x
Nitrate · farm & fertiliser runoff
1.72 ppm detected · guideline 0.14 ppm · legal limit 10 ppm
12x
Trichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
0.854 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no federal limit set
8.5x
Bromoform · disinfection byproduct
3.98 ppb detected · guideline 0.5 ppb · no federal limit set
8x
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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 2014-2024). 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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