Water quality in Ames, Iowa
Ames is in Story County. 21 active public water systems serve the county; 9 had an EPA violation in the past three years.
Most likely your provider
Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.
Other community water systems in Story County
19 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isu Ames |
42,000 | 1 | 2.1 mi | |
| Gilbert Water Supply Gilbert |
1,211 | 2 | 4.8 mi | |
| Maple Grove MHC Ames |
160 | 0 | 6.6 mi | |
| Kelley Water Supply Kelley |
304 | 0 | 6.6 mi | |
| Nevada Water Supply Nevada |
6,925 | 0 | 8.6 mi | |
| New Horizons MHP LLC Huxley |
303 | 0 | 9.3 mi | |
| Huxley Waterworks Dept Huxley |
4,244 | 0 | 9.7 mi | |
| Story City Water Dept Story City |
3,357 | 1 | 10.0 mi | |
| Roland Water Supply Roland |
1,394 | 0 | 10.3 mi | |
| Squaw Valley South Subdivision Ames |
105 | 0 | 10.6 mi | |
| Cambridge Water Supply Cambridge |
832 | 0 | 11.0 mi | |
| Hammond Estates Slater |
150 | 0 | 11.8 mi | |
| Slater Muni Water Dept Slater |
1,548 | 2 | 11.9 mi | |
| McCallsburg Water Supply Mccallsburg |
353 | 1 | 14.3 mi | |
| Maxwell Water Department Maxwell |
859 | 1 | 15.3 mi | |
| Colo Water Supply Colo |
853 | 0 | 15.3 mi | |
| Zearing Water Department Zearing |
528 | 3 | 18.2 mi | |
| Collins Water Supply Collins |
505 | 0 | 18.7 mi | |
| IA Regional Utilities Assoc (waverly) Waverly |
37,820 | 0 | 75.1 mi |
Non-community systems in Story County (1: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Alluvial Brewing Company Ames |
100 | 1 | 0 |
About this data
Water systems are matched to Story County, nearest to Ames first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system or, for systems without one, to the centre of the first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau place files.
Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Iowa records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.