IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER: EPA violation history, explained
IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,755 people through 2,541 service connections.
IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER's record against the rest of the country
IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER has 9 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,299th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 36th percentile nationally.
Against the IA average
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER 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
IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2003-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER'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 IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER's record does not cover
Everything on this page is IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 9 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.