Is Atlantic Municipal Utilities Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01

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
Copper	80 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	61/80	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2023
Nitrate	3900 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	1.15 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	16/47	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	6.4 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	9/80	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	8.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	15.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	29.6 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 31 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2 µg/L No EPA limit set	7/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	20.375 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 25 µg/L	6/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Ethylbenzene	4.235 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L worst single sample: 4.4 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	10 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	UCMR-5	2024

64 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-PF3ONSAdonaAtrazineBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneChlorobenzeneCarbon TetrachlorideCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebHfpo-DaLassoMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Trichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
Phone: 712-243-1395
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Atlantic Municipal Utilities

Is Atlantic Municipal Utilities tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Atlantic Municipal Utilities'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 Atlantic Municipal Utilities's water?

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

How many people does Atlantic Municipal Utilities serve?

Atlantic Municipal Utilities reports serving 7,252 people in Iowa, per its EPA record.

Has Atlantic Municipal Utilities had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 9 violations on file for Atlantic Municipal Utilities, of which 0 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.