Public water system record
Ellsworth Public Water Supply
Serves Ellsworth, Hamilton County, IA · 514 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Ellsworth Public Water Supply 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
- 2
Key facts
- Ellsworth Public Water Supply draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, April 2008.
- Record on file since 1999, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 200 unknown out of 257 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Active |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2025 | Resolved |
Full record since 1999
EPA's records for Ellsworth Public Water Supply go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 9 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began April 2008, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2006 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Ellsworth Public Water Supply between 2006 and 2008, filed as 28 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in April 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2008 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 9 violations (9 health-based): Arsenic |
| Feb 15, 2007 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Arsenic |
| Sep 14, 2006 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 9 violations (9 health-based): Arsenic |
| Feb 2, 2006 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 9 violations (9 health-based): Arsenic |
Where the water comes from
Ellsworth Public Water Supply draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Ellsworth Public Water Supply 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