Is RED OAK WATER SUPPLY's water safe to drink?
RED OAK WATER SUPPLY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,596 people get their water from it, across 2,702 connections.
RED OAK WATER SUPPLY's record against the rest of the country
70 total violations and 3 health-based ones put RED OAK WATER SUPPLY at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,753 of 12,903.
Against the IA average
RED OAK WATER SUPPLY's 3 health-based violations sit within the IA average of 3.5, across 203 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
RED OAK WATER SUPPLY's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
RED OAK WATER SUPPLY'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 RED OAK WATER SUPPLY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is RED OAK WATER SUPPLY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for RED OAK WATER SUPPLY - 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.