Is BOONE WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
BOONE WATER WORKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 12,704 people get their water from it, across 5,250 connections.
How this compares nationally
25 total violations and 4 health-based ones put BOONE WATER WORKS at the 68th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,147 of 12,903.
How BOONE WATER WORKS compares within IA
Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - BOONE WATER WORKS's 4 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BOONE WATER WORKS is from 2026-01-03 (health-based: 2026-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BOONE 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Epichlorohydrin
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 this data is and is not
This is what BOONE 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for BOONE 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.