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Boone Water Works

Serves Boone, Boone County, IA · 12,704 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Boone Water Works in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • IA0819033
  • BOONE
  • IA
  • 12,704 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater under direct influence
ZIP 50036
EPA system ID IA0819033

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Boone Water Works draws water from 14 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, July 1995.
  • Record on file since 1984, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1,905 lead and 1 unknown out of 5,563 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Aug 1, 2022 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Sep 1, 2017 Resolved No
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jun 1, 2017 Resolved Yes

Full record since 1984

EPA's records for Boone Water Works go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 0 18
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 0
2020s 1 0

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Boone Water Works in 1995, filed as 15 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in July 1995.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 27, 1995 Iowa Signed compliance agreement 15 violations: Lead and Copper Rule, Toluene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, o-Dichlorobenzene, Ethylbenzene

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

2 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Boone Water Works draws water from 14 wells. 3 other community water systems buy water from Boone Water Works.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Boone Water Works 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.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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