Public water system record
Centerville Municipal Waterworks
Serves Centerville, Appanoose County, IA · 5,344 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Centerville Municipal Waterworks in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Centerville Municipal Waterworks buys its water from Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Iowa, May 1992.
- Record on file since 1990, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 71 lead and 1,763 unknown out of 2,595 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1990
EPA's records for Centerville Municipal Waterworks go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (2 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began November 1993, Archived.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 1993 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Centerville Municipal Waterworks in 1992, filed as 9 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 1992.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1992 | Iowa | Compliance order with a penalty | 15 violations (4 health-based): Atrazine, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Centerville Municipal Waterworks buys its water from Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun) Centerville, IA
Annual water quality report
Centerville Municipal Waterworks must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Iowa.
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