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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 April 2008
(Information is usually updated by the 20th of the following month.)

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Raw Water Quality

  Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 101
  Total hardness, ppm 392
  Total hardness, grains per gallon 22.9
  pH 7.40

Treated Water Quality

  Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 103
  Total hardness, ppm 155
  Total hardness, grains per gallon 9.1
  pH 9.40
  Chlorine residual, ppm 2.35
  Iron content, ppm 0.03
  Fluoride content, ppm 0.91
  Turbidity, NTU's 0.11
  Bacterial Samples # of samples taken 56
    # of confirmed positive samples 0

Volume of Water

  Average Day, million gallons 5.36
  Maximum Day, million gallons 5.98
  Minimum Day, million gallons 4.82
  Pumped to Mains, million gallons/month 160.67

Water Plant Operating Summary
Data are for calendar year 2007

Volume of Water

Pumped from wells, mg

2,298

Pumped to mains, mg

2,783

 

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 2,783

Demand (Pumped to Mains)

Average day, mg 6.80
Peak day, mg 10.22
Average of 3-day peak, mg 9.81

Summary Climate

Degree-days above 65° F 1,334
  (Normal: 700-900/year)  
Rainfall, inches

40.48

Raw Water Quality

Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 147
Total hardness, ppm, 387
Total hardness, grains per gallon 22.6
pH 7.42

Treated Water Quality

      Non-carbonate hardness, ppm 111
      Total hardness, ppm, 164
      Total hardness, grains per gallon 9.6
      pH 9.47
      Chlorine residual, ppm 2.42
      Iron content, ppm 0.04
      Fluoride content, ppm 0.82
      Turbidity, NTU's 0.08

Complete List of Water Characteristics