DrinkingWaterCheck

Is ATKINS MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?

ATKINS 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. It serves 2,056 people through 776 service connections.

ATKINS MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ATKINS MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS ranks 3,043th by violation burden (76th percentile) - 32 violations total, 6 health-baseds.

How ATKINS MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS compares within IA

Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - ATKINS MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's 6 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for ATKINS MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2021-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

ATKINS 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:

The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what ATKINS 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 32 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.