Public water system record
Winthrop Water Supply
Serves Winthrop, Buchanan County, IA · 840 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Winthrop Water Supply 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
- Winthrop Water Supply draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, November 1991.
- Record on file since 1988, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 49 unknown out of 370 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 1988
EPA's records for Winthrop Water Supply go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Winthrop Water Supply in 1991, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 1991.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 1991 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 17 violations: Selenium, Lead and Copper Rule, Arsenic, Fluoride, Chromium (total) |
| Nov 4, 1991 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 8 violations: Chromium (total), Lead and Copper Rule, Nitrate, Selenium, Arsenic |
Where the water comes from
Winthrop Water Supply draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Winthrop 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.
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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells