Iowa Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Iowa (IA)

Overview

TRI Facilities

466

Water Systems

1,077

Superfund Sites

Total Violations

729

Total Releases

34.1M lbs

Health Violations

121

water systems

Largest Polluters

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#	Facility	City	Industry	Total Releases
1	CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO	Fort Madison	Primary Metals	3.6M lbs
2	CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN LLC-PORT NEAL NITROGEN COMPLEX	Sergeant Bluff	Chemicals	2.5M lbs
3	SSAB IOWA INC.	Muscatine	Primary Metals	2.4M lbs
4	EQUISTAR CHEMICALS CLINTON PLANT	Clinton	Chemicals	1.9M lbs
5	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO WALTER SCOTT JR ENERGY CENTER	Council Bluffs	Electric Utilities	1.5M lbs
6	ADM CORN PROCESSING	Clinton	Electric Utilities	1.5M lbs
7	TYSON FRESH MEATS INC-LOUISA COUNTY	Columbus Junction	Food	1.4M lbs
8	ADM CORN PROCESSING	Cedar Rapids	Electric Utilities	1.3M lbs
9	AJINOMOTO HEALTH & NUTRITION N.A. INC.	Eddyville	Chemicals	975.4K lbs
10	KOCH FERTILIZER WEVER LLC	Wever	Chemicals	948.2K lbs
11	BUNGE N.A. (OPD WEST) INC.	Council Bluffs	Food	846.3K lbs
12	CARGILL INC	Sioux City	Food	790.1K lbs
13	CARGILL CORN MILLING	Eddyville	Food	784.5K lbs
14	KOCH FERTILIZER FT. DODGE LLC	Duncombe	Chemicals	702.5K lbs
15	ROQUETTE AMERICA INC	Keokuk	Food	691.4K lbs
16	NOVELIS ALR ALUMINUM LLC - NOVELIS DAVENPORT CASTING	Davenport	Primary Metals	617.3K lbs
17	AGRI STAR MEAT & POULTRY LLC.	Postville	Food	577.3K lbs
18	ADM SOYBEAN PROCESSING	Des Moines	Food	458.9K lbs
19	AG PROCESSING INC	Eagle Grove	Food	454.7K lbs
20	JBS PORK	Ottumwa	Food	448.5K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System	City	Population	Violations
CHARITON MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS	Chariton	4,381	82
MALLARD WATER SUPPLY	Mallard	257	52
MCBRIDE POINTE THIRD MASTER MAINTENANCE	Oxford	25	50
IOWA VALLEY ESTATES	Marengo	46	35
LANESBORO WATER WORKS	Fort Dodge	119	33
GRINNELL WATER DEPARTMENT	Grinnell	9,564	33
KNIERIM WATER SUPPLY	Fort Dodge	53	25
GALLERY ACRES WEST	Tipton	43	23
LEON WATER SUPPLY	Leon	1,830	22
HASTINGS WATER SUPPLY	Marshalltown	152	22
DEDHAM WATER SUPPLY	Dedham	221	16
DYERSVILLE MUNICIPAL WATER CO	Dyersville	4,477	16
LEHIGH WATER SUPPLY	Fort Dodge	395	14
OSCEOLA WATER WORKS	Osceola	5,503	13
SAC & FOX (MESKWAKI) IN IOWA	Tama	4,765	12
DONNELLSON MUNI WATER WORKS	Donnellson	885	12
EARLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY	Early	587	11
SIOUX CITY WATER SUPPLY	Sioux City	85,791	10
BRISTOW MUNI WATER SUPPLY	Bristow	145	9
CORRIDOR RIDGE SUBDIVISION	Walford	108	8

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (25)

Site Name	City	Status	HRS Score
Aidex Corp.	Council Bluffs	Deleted NPL Site	0.00
Des Moines TCE	Des Moines	NPL Site	42.28
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. (County Road X23)	West Point	Deleted NPL Site	46.01
Electro-Coatings, Inc.	Cedar Rapids	Deleted NPL Site	42.24
Fairfield Coal Gasification Plant	Fairfield	NPL Site	38.05
Farmers' Mutual Cooperative	Hospers	Deleted NPL Site	33.74
Highway 3 PCE	Le Mars	NPL Site	34.79
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant	Middletown	NPL Site	29.73
John Deere (Ottumwa Works Landfills)	Ottumwa	Deleted NPL Site	42.32
LaBounty Site	Charles City	Deleted NPL Site	70.73
Lawrence Todtz Farm	Camanche	NPL Site	52.11
Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE	Des Moines	NPL Site	50.00
Mason City Coal Gasification Plant	Mason City	NPL Site	69.33
Mid-America Tanning Co.	Sergeant Bluff	Deleted NPL Site	47.91
Midwest Manufacturing/North Farm	Kellogg	NPL Site	32.04
Northwestern States Portland Cement Co.	Mason City	Deleted NPL Site	57.80
PCE Former Dry Cleaner	Atlantic	NPL Site	50.00
Peoples Natural Gas Co.	Dubuque	NPL Site	46.24
Railroad Avenue Groundwater Contamination	Des Moines	NPL Site	50.00
Red Oak City Landfill	Red Oak	Deleted NPL Site	34.13
Shaw Avenue Dump	Charles City	NPL Site	30.01
Sheller-Globe Corp. Disposal	Keokuk	Deleted NPL Site	33.66
Vogel Paint & Wax Co.	Orange City	NPL Site	31.45
Waterloo Coal Gasification Plant	Waterloo	Proposed NPL Site	50.00
White Farm Equipment Co. Dump	Charles City	Deleted NPL Site	43.40

Counties (93 total)

County	Population	Facilities	Superfund
Polk	—	32	3
Woodbury	—	24	1
Linn	—	22	1
Black Hawk	—	20	1
Scott	—	16	0
Dubuque	—	14	1
Sioux	—	11	2
Webster	—	13	0
Clinton	—	11	1
Pottawattamie	—	12	0
Cerro Gordo	—	9	2
Lee	—	9	2
Des Moines	—	9	1
Story	—	10	0
Muscatine	—	9	0
Buena Vista	—	8	0
Dallas	—	8	0
Page	—	8	0
Delaware	—	7	0
Hancock	—	7	0

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Iowa has 93 counties total.

Largest Cities

Adel

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3 facilities · 2 water systems

Allerton

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1 facilities · 2 water systems

Altoona

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Ames

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7 facilities · 4 water systems

Ankeny

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2 facilities · 10 water systems

Atlantic

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3 facilities · 1 water systems

Audubon

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Des Moines

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18 facilities · 7 water systems

Boone

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3 facilities · 1 water systems

Carlisle

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Chariton

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Coon Rapids

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Corydon

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Galt

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1 facilities · 0 water systems

Grand Junction

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Grinnell

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1 facilities · 6 water systems

Grimes

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2 facilities · 3 water systems

Guthrie Center

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Indianola

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1 facilities · 3 water systems

Iowa Falls

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3 facilities · 2 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Iowa: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.