PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
PELLA WATER WORKS 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 11,052 people through 4,086 service connections.
PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT ranks 3,969th by violation burden (69th percentile) - 82 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT compares within IA
Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT's 4 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT is from 1997-01-07 (health-based: 1997-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PELLA WATER WORKS 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
PELLA WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT'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 - 4 health-based violations on file for PELLA WATER WORKS 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.