CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained

CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,315, over 1,339 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM has 2 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,155th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 29th percentile nationally.

How CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM compares within IA

IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM is from 1998-01-09 (health-based: 1998-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM'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)

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 CHEROKEE RWS - CHEROKEE SUBSYSTEM 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 2 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.