Public water system record
Midway Water and Lighting
Serves an area of Linn County, IA that includes Cedar Rapids · 72 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Midway Water and Lighting 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
- 2
Key facts
- Midway Water and Lighting draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Iowa, October 2005.
- Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 32 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Midway Water and Lighting go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 146 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1 | 89 |
| 2000s | 0 | 49 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1992, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Midway Water and Lighting between 1992 and 2005, filed as 80 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in October 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2005 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 33 violations: Pentachlorophenol, Benzo(a)pyrene, 2,4,5-TP, 2,4-D, LASSO |
| May 26, 2004 | Iowa | Compliance order with a penalty | 4 violations: Lead and Copper Rule, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Arsenic |
| Jun 19, 2003 | Iowa | Compliance order with a penalty | 10 violations: Total Coliform, Nitrate, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Lead and Copper Rule |
| Apr 21, 1993 | Iowa | Civil case filed in court | 8 violations: Total Coliform |
| Aug 3, 1992 | Iowa | Compliance order with a penalty | 44 violations: Carbon tetrachloride, Styrene, o-Dichlorobenzene, Total Coliform, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
Where the water comes from
Midway Water and Lighting draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Midway Water and Lighting 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 Midway Water and Lighting for a copy.
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