Public water system record
Somers Water Works
Serves Somers, Calhoun County, IA · 128 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Somers Water Works 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
- 1
Key facts
- Somers Water Works draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, January 1989.
- Record on file since 1985, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 87 unknown out of 180 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
|
Jun 1, 2024 | Resolved |
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Somers Water Works go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 9 |
| 1990s | 1 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began August 1998, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1998 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Somers Water Works in 1989, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 1989.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 1989 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 10 violations: Barium, Lead and Copper Rule, Mercury, Nitrate, Selenium |
| Jan 12, 1989 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Somers Water Works draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Somers 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Somers Water Works for a copy.
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