Is Perry Municipal Water Works Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

110

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-07-01 → 2012-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-07-01 → 2012-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-07-01 → 2012-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-07-01 → 2012-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2010-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1994-08-01 → 1994-08-31

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
Fluoride	800 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1200 µg/L	96/96	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	17.295 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1560 µg/L	50/60	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrite	501.5 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 680 µg/L	38/193	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2025
Chloroform	19.773 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38 µg/L	12/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.935 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.76 µg/L	11/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	8.117 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10 µg/L	8/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	300 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	8/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	52.1 µg/L 347% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 64.6 µg/L	5/60	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	15.736 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 17.6 µg/L	5/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.2275 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.28 µg/L	4/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.723 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.85 µg/L	3/16	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	67.829 µg/L 85% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 74.7 µg/L	3/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	22.3815 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.5 µg/L	2/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.5625 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.62 µg/L	2/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	9.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2025
Arsenic	2.7 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2012
Barium	53.9 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2012
Bromoform	1.81 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	11.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Thallium, Total	0.4000 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2012

68 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, TotalAtrazineBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS
Phone: 515-465-2562
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Perry Municipal Water Works

Is Perry Municipal Water Works tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Perry Municipal Water Works'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 Perry Municipal Water Works's water?

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

How many people does Perry Municipal Water Works serve?

Perry Municipal Water Works reports serving 7,836 people in Iowa, per its EPA record.

Has Perry Municipal Water Works had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 110 violations on file for Perry Municipal Water Works, of which 17 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.