Public water system record
Alden Water Supply
Serves Alden, Hardin County, IA · 763 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Alden Water Supply 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
- Alden Water Supply draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, September 1988.
- Record on file since 1985, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 273 unknown out of 284 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 1985
EPA's records for Alden Water Supply go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began July 1996, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Alden Water Supply in 1988, filed as 10 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 1988.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 1988 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 9 violations: Cadmium, Mercury, Chromium (total), Fluoride, Barium |
| Sep 2, 1988 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Cadmium |
Where the water comes from
Alden Water Supply draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Alden 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