Public water system record
Essex Water Supply
Serves Essex, Page County, IA · 722 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Essex 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
- 1
Key facts
- Essex Water Supply draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, January 1997.
- Record on file since 1980, with 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 223 lead and 0 unknown out of 301 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Essex Water Supply go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 15 health-based violations (11 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4 | 0 |
| 1990s | 11 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began November 1996, Resolved.
Show all 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1990 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 18, 1983 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 19, 1980 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 4, 1980 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 4, 1980 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Essex Water Supply between 1995 and 1997, filed as 20 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in January 1997.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1997 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Nitrate |
| Jun 30, 1995 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 24 violations (11 health-based): Nitrate, Miscellaneous Other Rules |
Where the water comes from
Essex Water Supply draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Essex 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