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Fairbank Water Supply

Serves Fairbank, Buchanan County and Fayette County, IA · 1,111 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Fairbank Water Supply in the last ten years.

  • IA1025031
  • FAIRBANK
  • IA
  • 1,111 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 50629
EPA system ID IA1025031

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Fairbank Water Supply buys its water from IA Regional Utilities Assoc (Waverly).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, December 2018.
  • Record on file since 2009, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 535 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2025 Resolved

Full record since 2009

EPA's records for Fairbank Water Supply go back to 2009. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 7 0
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began January 2016, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.8 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6.8 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2013 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6.5 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Fairbank Water Supply between 2015 and 2018, filed as 20 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 7, 2018 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Mar 12, 2018 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Apr 18, 2017 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Oct 14, 2015 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

Where the water comes from

Fairbank Water Supply buys its water from IA Regional Utilities Assoc (Waverly). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Fairbank Water Supply 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.

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