What's in PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's water?
PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,836 people through 3,008 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
17 total violations and 3 health-based ones put PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,085 of 12,903.
How PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS compares within IA
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS is from 2012-01-07 (health-based: 2012-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS'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)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrite
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
This is what PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for PERRY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS - 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.