Public water system record
Murray Water Works
Serves Murray, Clarke County, IA · 684 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Murray 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
- 0
Key facts
- Murray Water Works buys its water from Sirwa #2 (Creston).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, September 1986.
- Record on file since 1980, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 333 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 1980
EPA's records for Murray Water Works go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (1 resolved, 11 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began October 1985, Archived.
Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1983 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1983 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1983 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1981 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1981 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 28, 1980 | Archived |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 28, 1980 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 21, 1980 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Murray Water Works between 1985 and 1986, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in September 1986.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1986 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Sep 19, 1985 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
Where the water comes from
Murray Water Works buys its water from Sirwa #2 (Creston). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Sirwa #2 (Creston) Creston, IA
Annual water quality report
Murray 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.
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