Public water system record
Scranton Water System
Serves Scranton, Greene County, IA · 504 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Scranton Water System 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
- 4
Key facts
- Scranton Water System draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, August 2012.
- Record on file since 1985, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 1 unknown out of 170 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Scranton Water System go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 9 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 6 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began October 2012, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.013 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.015 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.011 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.011 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Scranton Water System between 1990 and 2012, filed as 9 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in August 2012.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2012 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 6 violations (6 health-based): Arsenic |
| Feb 15, 1990 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Feb 15, 1990 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
Where the water comes from
Scranton Water System draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Scranton Water System 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