Is ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY's water safe to drink?
ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,726 people get their water from it, across 2,845 connections.
How this compares nationally
7 total violations and 5 health-based ones put ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,816 of 12,903.
How ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY compares within IA
ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY's 5 health-based violations sit above the IA average of 3.5, across 203 systems statewide. 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 ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY is from 2023-01-06 (health-based: 2005-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
Everything on this page is ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for ELDRIDGE WATER SUPPLY - 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.