Public water system record
Hinton Water Supply
Serves Hinton, Plymouth County, IA · 935 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Hinton 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
- 2
Key facts
- Hinton Water Supply draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, July 1997.
- Record on file since 1991, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 24 lead and 65 unknown out of 415 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
|
Jun 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Hinton Water Supply go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 1991, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Hinton Water Supply in 1997, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in July 1997.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1997 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 3 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, LASSO, Antimony, Total |
Where the water comes from
Hinton Water Supply draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Hinton 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