Is WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY's water safe to drink?
WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,938, over 1,112 connections.
WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY's record against the rest of the country
9 total violations and 4 health-based ones put WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,447 of 12,903.
How WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY compares within IA
WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY's 4 health-based violations sit above the IA average of 3.5, across 203 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY is from 1993-01-08 (health-based: 1993-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY'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)
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
Everything on this page is WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and WEST LIBERTY WATER UTILITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,447th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.