SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,925 people through 2,299 service connections.
How this compares nationally
18 total violations and 2 health-based ones put SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT at the 51th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,259 of 12,903.
Against the IA average
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 1993-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT'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 SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT's record does not cover
SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT'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. Between the utility's meter and SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,259th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.