Is ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,721, over 1,703 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
24 total violations and 5 health-based ones put ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,554 of 12,903.
Against the IA average
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS carries 5, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 1996-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
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 ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's record does not cover
This is what ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for ALBIA MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.