What's in VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's water?
VINTON MUNICIPAL 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 4,938 people through 2,311 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
8 total violations and 4 health-based ones put VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,475 of 12,903.
Against the IA average
VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's 4 health-based violations sit above 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
VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
VINTON MUNICIPAL 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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Carbon tetrachloride
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 VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT's record does not cover
This is what VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for VINTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT - 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.