Is WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 3,827 people get their water from it, across 1,760 connections.

How this compares nationally

WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT has 4 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 11,453th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 11th percentile nationally.

How WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT compares within IA

Among the 203 IA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT's 0 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2012-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

What this data is and is not

WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT'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 WAUKON WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,453th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.