DrinkingWaterCheck

CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained

CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 20,277 people through 6,876 service connections.

How this compares nationally

6 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT at the 34th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,543 of 12,903.

How CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT compares within IA

CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT's 1 health-based violations sit within the IA average of 3.5, across 203 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2011-01-08 (health-based: 1999-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT'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 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

CLIVE WATER DEPARTMENT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.