Is MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER's water safe to drink?
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,128 people get their water from it, across 2,477 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER has 39 violations on record in total, 18 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,008th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 92th percentile nationally.
Against the IA average
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER carries 18, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL 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:
- 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 MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER's record does not cover
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL WATER'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 39 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.