Public water system record
Wallingford Municipal Waterworks
Serves Wallingford, Emmet County, IA · 170 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Wallingford Municipal Waterworks 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
- Wallingford Municipal Waterworks buys its water from Estherville Water Treatment Plant.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, January 1992.
- Record on file since 1988, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 102 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Wallingford Municipal Waterworks go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 7 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Wallingford Municipal Waterworks in 1992, filed as 8 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 1992.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 1992 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 8 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Fluoride, Lead and Copper Rule, Selenium |
Where the water comes from
Wallingford Municipal Waterworks buys its water from Estherville Water Treatment Plant. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Estherville Water Treatment Plant Estherville, IA
Annual water quality report
Wallingford Municipal Waterworks 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 Wallingford Municipal Waterworks 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