What's in EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL 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 3,733 people through 1,784 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 9,033th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the IA average
EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT's 1 health-based violations sit within 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
EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1997-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL 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:
- 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 EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT 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 - 1 health-based violation on file for EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.