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Xenia RWD (Boone)

Serves an area of Boone County and Story County, IA that includes Luther, Boone, Huxley and 4 more places · 4,975 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Xenia RWD (Boone) in the last ten years.

  • IA0844006
  • BOUTON
  • IA
  • 4,975 served

System profile

Source water GUP
ZIP 50039
EPA system ID IA0844006

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Xenia RWD (Boone) buys its water from Boone Water Works.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Iowa, July 1992.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,207 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Xenia RWD (Boone) go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 5 5
2000s 3 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 2005, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1995 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Xenia RWD (Boone) in 1992, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in July 1992.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 9, 1992 Iowa Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Xenia RWD (Boone) buys its water from Boone Water Works. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 5 other community water systems buy water from Xenia RWD (Boone).

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Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Xenia RWD (Boone) 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

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