Kind Water Co.
Iowa DNR + EPA testing · 2021–2023
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Waterloo Water Works · Cedar River alluvial wells (groundwater). Your water meets federal legal limits — but those limits haven't been updated in nearly 20 years.
⚠ PFAS DETECTED Perfluorohexane sulfonate (a 'forever chemical') at 1,747x 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.
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.
Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS, a PFAS) · PFAS 'forever chemical'
1.75 ppt detected · guideline 0.001 ppt · legal limit 10 ppt
Arsenic
0.856 ppb detected · guideline 0.004 ppb · legal limit 10 ppb
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) · disinfection byproduct
10.6 ppb detected · guideline 0.15 ppb · legal limit 80 ppb
Haloacetic acids (HAA9) · disinfection byproduct
3.71 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no legal limit
Bromodichloromethane · disinfection byproduct
3.35 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · no legal limit
Nitrate · farm runoff
5.88 ppm detected · guideline 0.14 ppm · legal limit 10 ppm
Dibromoacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
1 ppb detected · guideline 0.03 ppb · no legal limit
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) · disinfection byproduct
2.71 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · legal limit 60 ppb
Dibromochloromethane · disinfection byproduct
2.37 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no legal limit
Chloroform · disinfection byproduct
4.35 ppb detected · guideline 0.4 ppb · no legal limit
Chromium (hexavalent)
0.186 ppb detected · guideline 0.02 ppb · no legal limit
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) · radiological
0.36 pCi/L detected · guideline 0.05 pCi/L · legal limit 5 pCi/L
Trichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
0.616 ppb detected · guideline 0.1 ppb · no legal limit
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)
0.291 ppb detected · guideline 0.06 ppb · legal limit 5 ppb
Dichloroacetic acid · disinfection byproduct
0.789 ppb detected · guideline 0.2 ppb · no legal limit
Uranium · radiological
1.14 pCi/L detected · guideline 0.43 pCi/L · legal limit 20 pCi/L
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