Is ANKENY, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
ANKENY, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 76,207, over 31,373 connections.
ANKENY, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
ANKENY, CITY OF has 55 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,789th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 63th percentile nationally.
How ANKENY, CITY OF compares within IA
ANKENY, CITY OF's 3 health-based violations sit within the IA average of 3.5, across 203 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ANKENY, CITY OF is from 2014-01-07 (health-based: 2014-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ANKENY, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
ANKENY, CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 55 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.