Public water system record
Neola Light & Water
Serves Neola, Pottawattamie County, IA · 906 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Neola Light & Water in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 9
Key facts
- Neola Light & Water draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Iowa, July 1996.
- Record on file since 1987, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 462 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 22, 2024 | Active |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 18, 2021 | Active |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Active |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
Full record since 1987
EPA's records for Neola Light & Water go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (7 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 18 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8 | 11 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 1996, Archived.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Neola Light & Water between 1992 and 1996, filed as 14 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in July 1996.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1996 | Iowa | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 11, 1996 | Iowa | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 21, 1995 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 15, 1995 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jan 16, 1992 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
Where the water comes from
Neola Light & Water draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Neola Light & Water 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