Iowa Water Quality Report Shows Safe Drinking Water In Quad Cities

Iowa American Water has released its 2025 Annual Water Quality Report, confirming that the drinking water met all state and federal safety requirements.

While this may be the case for the Quad Cities, outlying areas, and people using wells to get their water still face danger in their water supply.

What Is The Source of Quad Cities Water?

According to the report, the primary water source for the Quad Cities is surface water from the Mississippi River. Yep. That river.

Because it is an exposed surface supply, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources ranks its susceptibility to agricultural and urban contamination as high. To ensure safety, Iowa American Water treats the water with conventional coagulation, settling, a Superpulsator for clarification, granular activated carbon filtration, and an ultraviolet light disinfection system. So in other words...your water goes through a lot before you sip it.

The Water Quality Results

The key findings from the sampling include:

Disinfection By-products: Total Trihalomethanes (39.00 ppb) and Haloacetic Acids (37.00 ppb) were well below maximum contaminant levels (MCL).

Lead & Copper: Both remained below established action levels.

Other Substances: Fluoride (0.66 ppm), Sodium (18.4 ppm), and Nitrate (4.43 ppm) were safely within compliance parameters.

PFAS: Monitoring for unregulated contaminants detected a low level of PFOA (2.1 ng/L), while multiple other PFAS chemicals were not detected.

Other Iowa Cities Water Reports

If you would like to read about your city's water, you can go to the Iowa American Water website and type in your zip code to see what you can't see in your water.