Is Belle Plaine Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Benton

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-04-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-04-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-01-01 → 1995-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-01-01 → 1995-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-01-01 → 1995-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-01-01 → 1995-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-11-02
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-11-02
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-11-02
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-11-02

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	7500 µg/L 75% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 9300 µg/L	130/130	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	900 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1000 µg/L	97/98	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	934 µg/L 72% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1010 µg/L	21/21	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	11.91 µg/L 79% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 14 µg/L	20/21	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0098 mg/L 65% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2023
Bromodichloromethane	9.145 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.28 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	14.63 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.8 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.285 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.57 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	28 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 29.2 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.859 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.88 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.6595 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.79 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	4.6195 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.87 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	16.53 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 17.4 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	11.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.9 µg/L	3/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	76.555 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 76.6 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012
Selenium	2.885 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012
Bromoform	1.15 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019

74 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BELLE PLAINE WATER DEPT
Phone: 319-231-3577
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Belle Plaine Water Dept

Is Belle Plaine Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Belle Plaine Water Dept's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Belle Plaine Water Dept's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Fluoride, Copper, Lead, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Belle Plaine Water Dept serve?

Belle Plaine Water Dept reports serving 2,380 people in Iowa, per its EPA record.

Has Belle Plaine Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 30 violations on file for Belle Plaine Water Dept, of which 6 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.