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Earlham Municipal Waterworks

Serves Earlham, Madison County, IA · 1,446 people served

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

  • IA6115097
  • EARLHAM
  • IA
  • 1,446 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 50072
EPA system ID IA6115097

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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

  • Earlham Municipal Waterworks buys its water from Warren Water District.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, January 1992.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 613 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 Earlham Municipal Waterworks go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (1 resolved, 11 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 5 0
1980s 7 9
1990s 0 1

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

Show all 12 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
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1984 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1983 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1983 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 28, 1980 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1980 Resolved
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 16, 1979 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 23, 1979 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 23, 1979 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 23, 1979 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 23, 1979 Archived

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Earlham Municipal Waterworks between 1985 and 1992, filed as 13 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 1992.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 16, 1992 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 15 violations: Barium, Selenium, Mercury, Arsenic, Chromium (total)
Jan 16, 1992 Iowa Administrative penalty 7 violations: Barium, Cadmium, Fluoride, Lead and Copper Rule, Mercury
Sep 30, 1986 Iowa Signed compliance agreement 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Jan 25, 1985 Iowa Signed compliance agreement 2 violations (2 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

Where the water comes from

Earlham Municipal Waterworks buys its water from Warren Water District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Earlham Municipal Waterworks 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.

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