LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 10,606 people get their water from it, across 4,725 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 6,278th by violation burden (51th percentile) - 17 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the IA average
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 1992-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1981-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
LEMARS 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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is LEMARS WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for LEMARS 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.