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City of Ames

Water & Pollution Control Department

300 East 5th Street
Building 1
Ames, Iowa 50010

Phone:
(515) 239-5150

FAX:
(515) 239-5251

 

Water and Pollution Control Department

Current Water Quality Data

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Water Quality
Data are for the month of July 2010
(Information is usually updated by the 20th of the following month.)

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Raw Water Quality

  Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 105
  Total hardness, ppm 401
  Total hardness, grains per gallon 23.4
  pH 7.34

Treated Water Quality

  Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 113
  Total hardness, ppm 168
  Total hardness, grains per gallon 9.8
  pH 9.47
  Chlorine residual, ppm 2.38
  Iron content, ppm 0.09
  Fluoride content, ppm 0.99
  Turbidity, NTU's 0.09
  Bacterial Samples # of samples taken 56
    # of confirmed positive samples 0

Volume of Water

  Average Day, million gallons 6.00
  Maximum Day, million gallons 7.10
  Minimum Day, million gallons 4.70
  Pumped to Mains, million gallons/month 186.06

Water Plant Operating Summary
Data are for calendar year 2009

Volume of Water

Pumped from wells, mg (2009)

2,100

Pumped to mains, mg (2009)

1,983

 

Electric Utility (2006)

53
 

ISU-"campus" contract (2006)

359

 

ISU-all other (2006)

59

 

All other customers (2006)

1,552

 

Production & public use (2006)

37

 

Unaccounted for (2006)

327 (14%)
Total to mains, mg (2009) 1,983

Demand (Pumped to Mains) (2009)

Average day, mg 5.60
Peak day, mg 7.77
Average of 3-day peak, mg 7.43

Summary Climate (2009)

Degree-days above 65° F 744
  (Normal: 700-900/year)  
Rainfall, inches

39.47

Raw Water Quality (2009)

Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 91
Total hardness, ppm, 360
Total hardness, grains per gallon 21.0
pH 7.42

Treated Water Quality (2009)

      Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 91
      Total hardness, ppm, 149
      Total hardness, grains per gallon 8.7
      pH 9.46
      Chlorine residual, ppm 2.35
      Iron content, ppm 0.06
      Fluoride content, ppm 0.96
      Turbidity, NTU's 0.07

Complete List of Water Characteristics