Adel, IA
Contamination score
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No site-specific EPA or Iowa DNR violation was found documented for Adel's water system. Adel sits within central Iowa's intensively farmed Raccoon River watershed, an area where the state has reported a doubling of nitrate-related drinking-water violations in 2025 versus 2024 amid ongoing litigation over farm-runoff regulation, which supports a moderate regional baseline risk even without a confirmed local violation.
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Public water systems
Xenia Rwd (Des Moines)
- PWSID:
- IA2573701
- Source:
- Surface water
- Serves:
- 12,860 people
Adel Municipal Water Works
- PWSID:
- IA2503003
- Source:
- Ground water
- Serves:
- 6,461 people
Adel Water System
- PWSID:
- GEN-adel-iowa
EPA & DEP violations
Xenia Rwd (Des Moines)
PWSID IA25737011 violationLead and Copper Rule — MR violation
medium severityResolvedLead and Copper Rule MR violation (Resolved).
EPA SDWIS · MR · Began Feb 19, 2018 · 8 years ago · Source ↗
City-wide
1 violationViolation — Violation violation
medium severityContaminant Violation violation.
EPA SDWIS · Violation · Began — · Source ↗
Water-related lawsuits
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