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At Prime Dumpster, we provide porta potty rentals across Iowa City, Iowa, and the Johnson County towns and farmland around it. Construction here means student housing and medical campus work near the university, street and sewer projects through the older neighborhoods, and new building out toward Coralville and North Liberty, while events pack the calendar with game-day tailgates, downtown street festivals, farmers market weekends and graduation parties every May.
What you pay comes down to the model, the number of units, the length of the booking and how often a truck returns. Below are the ranges, the crew figure that governs an Iowa job site, what the City publishes about placement, the one Iowa rule that decides where the contents may go, and how fast delivery is scheduled.
The university calendar moves prices in Iowa City more than the weather does. Home football weekends, move-in week and commencement all pull the same equipment at the same time, and a date inside one of those windows should be booked long before the rest of the plan is settled.
Booking length is the second lever. Our ranges cover roughly three days on site, so a Saturday tailgate and a full weekend festival price much alike, while a campus or housing project moves onto four-week rates with servicing built into the schedule from day one.
Access accounts for the rest. Downtown Iowa City has narrow service alleys and tight loading windows, a riverfront or trail site can be soft after rain, and a job on a hill above the Iowa River needs a route worked out in advance. Distance out into Johnson County adds a delivery component we quote plainly.
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Scheduling your porta potty delivery is a breeze. Just tell us when and where you need it, and we’ll handle the rest. Prime Porta Potty is all about quick and reliable service, getting the right unit to your site when you need it.
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The prices below reflect average ranges for a standard five-day rental period. Your account manager will confirm tonnage, overage rates, and other project specifics during your free, custom quote.
| Unit Type | Average Price Range | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Porta Potty | $199–$349 | Construction sites, small events, backyard projects |
| ADA-Compliant Porta Potty | $200–$300 | Public events and job sites that need an accessible unit |
| Deluxe Flushing Porta Potty | $300–$400 | Weddings, parties, and guest-facing events |
| Deluxe Porta Potty with Sink | $300–$400 | Events where guests need a sink inside the unit |
| Solar Porta Potty | $500–$600 | Remote sites and off-grid events |
| Handwashing Station | $150–$250 | Food areas, job sites, and events |
| Restroom Trailer | From $1,500 | Weddings, corporate events, and long-term sites |
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Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote Now
Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote Now
Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote Now
Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote NowIowa gives you a clear job site answer and no event answer at all, so the second one is a planning exercise you should be able to justify.
Run the figures through our porta potty calculator, then let your account manager sanity-check the plan against the venue and the date.
Choose for who uses the unit and how exposed the site is. The full range sits on our porta potty options page.
The Standard Porta Potty covers most Iowa City work: one enclosed stall with a toilet and urinal, a paper holder and sanitizer.
The ADA-Compliant Porta Potty is the wider shell with a flat entry, grab bars and turning room, and belongs anywhere the public or a student body is invited.
The Deluxe Flushing Porta Potty adds a flushing bowl and much stronger odor control, which is the right call for a wedding or a ticketed event.
The Deluxe Porta Potty with Sink puts the basin, soap and mirror inside the stall and keeps a reception line moving.
The Solar Porta Potty runs its light and fan from a roof panel, which suits a trail, a field or an evening event with no power nearby.
The Handwashing Station stands separately with clean water, soap and single-use towels, and it is the piece a food vendor cannot do without.
The Restroom Trailer arrives as a small heated and cooled building with plumbed stalls, which suits a formal event or a long campus project.
Tell your account manager the guest count or the crew size and they will specify the mix and the spacing.
A unit on ground you own or control needs no City permit in Iowa City. Four other situations deserve a call first.
Read the right-of-way rule carefully, because it is narrower than it looks. The City publishes a plain position on portable storage units: the street is not a lawful place for storage of any kind, the right-of-way includes the street, the sidewalk and everything between them, and placement there may draw a $250 citation. That instrument is written about storage containers, not restrooms, so do not assume it either permits or forbids a unit. Ask Public Works what applies to yours.
Private property is the simple answer. The same City guidance says anywhere on private property is a suitable temporary location so long as nothing encroaches into the right of way. That is the position we work from on a residential or commercial Iowa City job.
Campus and park ground has its own owner. University of Iowa property is not City property, and City parks and facilities are booked through Parks and Recreation. An event that straddles both needs both conversations. City offices are at 410 East Washington Street on 319-356-5000.
State highways are a separate permit. Interstate 80, Highway 6 and Highway 1 belong to the Iowa Department of Transportation, which issues its own permits, so frontage ownership is the first thing to establish. Your account manager will help you work out which desk owns your site.
No Iowa permit attaches to the unit itself. What the state regulates is where the contents end up, and that is covered below.
Stand units on firm level ground a truck can pull alongside. Hold them 15 feet or more from food service, clear of storm inlets draining to the Iowa River or Ralston Creek, and close enough to the work or the crowd that nobody walks a block. Downtown, agree the service window with the property before delivery, because an alley that is clear at 7 a.m. will not be at noon.
Iowa is unusually clear about where the contents may go, and it is the strictest rule covered here. State rules require waste from toilet units and holding tanks to be discharged, with the owner's approval, to a publicly owned treatment works or another system the state has permitted, and land application of waste from toilet units is prohibited outright. Ordinary septage may be spread on land under a list of conditions; what comes out of a portable restroom may not. In practice that means a Johnson County tank goes to a treatment plant that has agreed to take it, every time, and the paperwork behind that is ours.
A service call pumps the tank, washes and disinfects the bowl and interior, and restocks paper, soap and towels. Weekly is our baseline, and a game weekend, a festival or summer heat all justify shortening it. Solid waste from an Iowa City project is a separate stream and goes to the City's own Landfill and Recycling Center, whose hours and acceptance rules the City publishes. Your account manager fixes the restroom service frequency, the access route and the collection date before the first delivery.
To learn more about the benefits of portable toilets, check out our blog post “Benefits of Porta Potty Rentals.“
Most Iowa City orders reach the site within 24 to 48 hours, and three to five days secures particular models. For a home game weekend, a downtown festival or commencement, think in weeks: the whole corridor from Coralville to Cedar Rapids wants the same equipment on the same dates.
Five habits that keep an Iowa City delivery on schedule:
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Prime Dumpster arranges porta potty delivery throughout Iowa City and the Johnson County communities around it, including University Heights, Tiffin, Solon, Hills, Lone Tree and West Branch. Six of our other Iowa porta potty pages sit within reach along Interstate 80 and the Highway 218 corridor and are linked below. Where one of those pages already prints a figure for the pair, we use that number so the two agree instead of publishing two distances for one road.
A standard unit runs $199–$349 and an accessible unit $200–$300. Deluxe flushing and sink models are $300–$400, solar units $500–$600, and trailers open at $1,500. Handwashing stations are $150–$250. Extra visits for a game weekend are quoted as their own line.
Iowa City publishes no ratio, so we plan one unit per 50 guests across about four hours and add 15 to 20 percent once there is alcohol. A 200-person tailgate works out near five units plus a station, and your account manager will check what the venue already has.
National worker-safety rules allow one toilet for a crew of 20 or fewer, then one toilet seat and one urinal per 40 workers above that, plus washing facilities. Iowa runs its own plan but has adopted those federal figures, so they apply unchanged on every Iowa City job site.
Weekly is our Iowa City standard, which covers pumping, a full interior disinfection and fresh supplies. A home game weekend, a downtown festival or July heat are all reasons to add a visit. Your account manager agrees the interval when you book rather than afterward.
No. The City's own guidance treats private property as a suitable temporary location so long as nothing reaches into the public right of way. Iowa attaches no state permit to the unit either. The regulated part is disposal, and that obligation sits with us.
A standard unit is a narrow single stall with a toilet, urinal and sanitizer. The accessible model is wider, has no step at the threshold and includes grab bars with clear floor space for a wheelchair to turn. At a public Iowa City event, each cluster should include one.
A weekend sits inside the roughly three-day window our rates assume, so it prices as the base case. Allow $199–$349 for a standard unit, $300–$400 for deluxe flushing and $150–$250 for a station. For a game weekend, book earlier and expect an extra service visit.
Tell us the project or the event, your zip code, and the date. We will apply the national crew count, say which office owns your frontage, plan the service pattern around the university calendar, and handle the treatment plant approvals Iowa requires on our side.
Your Prime Dumpster account manager handles the details, from unit count and service schedule to permit contacts and delivery timing, so you can focus on your event or project.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Iowa City, Iowa 52240 |
| Phone: | 319-289-7669 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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