Public water system record
Sioux Rapids Water Department
Serves Sioux Rapids and Webb, Buena Vista County and Clay County, IA · 932 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Sioux Rapids Water Department in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Sioux Rapids Water Department draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, February 1995.
- Record on file since 1979, with 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 104 unknown out of 377 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Active |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Sioux Rapids Water Department go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 13 health-based violations (9 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 | 0 |
| 1980s | 4 | 2 |
| 1990s | 7 | 3 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began January 2005, Resolved.
Show all 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1983 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 20, 1979 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Sioux Rapids Water Department between 1986 and 1995, filed as 13 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in February 1995.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 1995 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 12 violations (12 health-based): Nitrate |
| Feb 10, 1995 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 5 violations (3 health-based): Nitrate |
| Sep 30, 1986 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Sioux Rapids Water Department draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Sioux Rapids Water Department 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