Public water system record
Prairie City Water Works
Serves Prairie City, Jasper County, IA · 1,703 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Prairie City Water Works 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
- Prairie City Water Works draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, December 1994.
- Record on file since 1992, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 95 lead and 0 unknown out of 690 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 1992
EPA's records for Prairie City Water Works go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1994, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Prairie City Water Works in 1994, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in December 1994.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 1994 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 8 violations (6 health-based): Nitrate, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Prairie City Water Works draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Prairie City Water Works 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