Community Water System · PWS IA8503528
Isu
Operator location Ames, Iowa - 33% of 49 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 42,000 served per SDWIS.
- 42,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 49
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Isu standing, mid SDWIS violation third
33% of 49 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 33% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #1,310 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Isu lands in the middle third by violation volume (49), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (42,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 33% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #1,310 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #13 of 545
- Population · IA
- 49
- Total EPA violations on record
- 33%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- State
- Connections
- 103
- County
- Story
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 16
- Monitoring Violations
- 27
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 16 | 2005 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Nitrite | MR | 8 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1997 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Isu has 49 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 33% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 49), and it ranks #1,310 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
49 Around the middle fewer violations than 44% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 54 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTrDA | 9/16/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/16/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/16/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/12/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 3/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 10/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 10/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 10/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 10/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 10/8/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 10/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 10/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 10/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 10/8/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 10/8/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 10/8/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 10/8/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 10/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Isu
16 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IA8503528.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
49 violations · 42,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Isu
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Iowa compares on the same EPA violation measures. Iowa systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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