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City of Ankeny

Serves Ankeny, Polk County, IA · 76,207 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Ankeny in the last ten years.

  • IA7709053
  • ANKENY
  • IA
  • 76,207 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 50023
EPA system ID IA7709053

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • City of Ankeny draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Iowa, May 2003.
  • Record on file since 1985, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 6,630 lead and 0 unknown out of 29,465 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1985

EPA's records for City of Ankeny go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (2 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 51 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 2 46
2000s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2014, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1998 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Ankeny in 2003, filed as 47 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 2003.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 23, 2003 Iowa Compliance order with a penalty 47 violations: Xylenes, Total, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, Styrene, Ethylbenzene

Where the water comes from

City of Ankeny draws water from 2 wells. It also buys water from Des Moines Water Works and Ciww (DMWW). 1 other community water system buys water from City of Ankeny.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Ankeny must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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