Is WAPELLO MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
WAPELLO 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. 2,096 people get their water from it, across 940 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WAPELLO MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS ranks 5,462th by violation burden (58th percentile) - 7 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How WAPELLO MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS compares within IA
Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - WAPELLO MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WAPELLO MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS is from 2018-01-07 (health-based: 2010-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WAPELLO 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)
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 WAPELLO 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.