Public water system record
Montrose Water Works
Serves Montrose, Lee County, IA · 738 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Montrose 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
- 3
Key facts
- Montrose Water Works buys its water from Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, March 1989.
- Record on file since 1988, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 245 unknown out of 325 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Montrose Water Works go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 2016, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Montrose Water Works in 1989, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 1989.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1989 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Montrose Water Works buys its water from Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison) Centerville, IA
Annual water quality report
Montrose 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