Is Melbourne Water Supply Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Marshall

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	Archived	1979-07-31 → 1980-10-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2008-08-01 → 2008-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2008-08-01 → 2008-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2008-08-01 → 2008-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2008-08-01 → 2008-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-10-01 → 2006-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-10-01 → 2006-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-10-01 → 2006-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-10-01 → 2006-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1991-08-01 → 1991-08-31

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
Copper	23.5 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 28.3 µg/L	22/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0057 mg/L 38% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2024
Bromodichloromethane	13.46 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.6 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	4.7675 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.82 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	24.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.369 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.95 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	12.29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.5 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	49.445 µg/L 62% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 52.7 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.706 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.28 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	6.091 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.4 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	18.14 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 19.7 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.58 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	4/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.9655 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.18 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2012–2019

1 contaminants tested, none detected

Monobromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: MELBOURNE WATER SUPPLY
Phone: 641-482-3338
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Melbourne Water Supply

Is Melbourne Water Supply tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Melbourne Water Supply'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 Melbourne Water Supply's water?

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

How many people does Melbourne Water Supply serve?

Melbourne Water Supply reports serving 765 people in Iowa, per its EPA record.

Has Melbourne Water Supply had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 11 violations on file for Melbourne Water Supply, of which 1 is 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.