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Olds Municipal Water Dept

Serves Olds, Henry County, IA · 192 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Olds Municipal Water Dept in the last ten years.

  • IA4465093
  • OLDS
  • IA
  • 192 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 52647
EPA system ID IA4465093

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Olds Municipal Water Dept buys its water from Rathbun Regional Water (Mount Pleasant).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, June 1988.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 157 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 1979

EPA's records for Olds Municipal Water Dept go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (1 resolved, 5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 21 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 1 0
1980s 5 16
1990s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began October 1985, Archived.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1985 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1984 Archived
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1983 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1983 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1981 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1979 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Olds Municipal Water Dept between 1986 and 1988, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 1988.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 13, 1988 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Jun 13, 1988 Iowa Administrative penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Sep 30, 1986 Iowa Signed compliance agreement 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

Where the water comes from

Olds Municipal Water Dept buys its water from Rathbun Regional Water (Mount Pleasant). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Olds Municipal Water Dept 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 Olds Municipal Water Dept for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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