Water Utility

Marion Municipal Water Department

Location Marion, Iowa,
IA
Serves 41,623
Source Groundwater
PWS ID IA5751035

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.625 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
6.3x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 2.89 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
58x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.237 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb
This Utility: 0.0565 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb
This Utility: 0.153 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb
This Utility: 0.986 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 0.154 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 12.8 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.733 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
53 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.044 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.00909 ppm Legal Limit: 1 ppm
This Utility: 1.11 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 1 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+4 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 2 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+9 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Other Contaminants Detected
Chloroform
Dibromoacetic acid
Dichloroacetic acid
Fluoride
Germanium
Manganese
Monochloroacetic acid
Nitrate
Nitrite
Strontium*

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