SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS: EPA violation history, explained
SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 6,167, over 2,200 connections.
How this compares nationally
SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS has 5 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,571th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
Against the IA average
Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS's 4 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; 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 SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS's record does not cover
SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS'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 SPIRIT LAKE WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,571th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.