Public water system record
Mount Vernon Water Supply
Serves Mount Vernon, Linn County, IA · 4,527 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Mount Vernon 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
- Mount Vernon Water Supply draws water from 5 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, October 2008.
- Record on file since 2004, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 666 lead and 4 unknown out of 1,378 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 2004
EPA's records for Mount Vernon Water Supply go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Mount Vernon Water Supply in 2008. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2008 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Mount Vernon Water Supply draws water from 5 wells.
Annual water quality report
Mount Vernon 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