No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for IA7727031. PurityMap is independent of Des Moines Water Works.
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31 results are on record. These 5 come first: results above a listed reference.
1health-based violation in the last 10 years · none open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. Counted once per contaminant per year in the Track record subject score. A violation record is a compliance fact, not a health verdict.
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Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its phone number on EPA record is 515-283-8751 and its mailing address is ATTN JENNY PUFFER, DES MOINES, IA 50321. These details come from the system's EPA record.
PurityMap has no verified website for Des Moines Water Works. Its mailing address on EPA record is ATTN JENNY PUFFER, DES MOINES, IA 50321. Your water bill lists the ways to pay. PurityMap does not take payments.
EPA's records list Des Moines Water Works as serving Des Moines, Iowa. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for Des Moines Water Works holds results for 29 PFAS substances. None was detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for Des Moines Water Works. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
Des Moines Water Works is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where Des Moines Water Works reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at Des Moines Water Works: not detected (90th percentile, 2022–2024 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.