LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH: EPA violation history, explained
LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,158 people through 1,116 service connections.
LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH's record against the rest of the country
7 total violations and 3 health-based ones put LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,461 of 12,903.
How LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH compares within IA
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH carries 3, 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 LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH is from 2001-01-04 (health-based: 2000-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH'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
LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH'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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for LAKE MILLS MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT-SOUTH - 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.