Public water system record
Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant
Serves Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, IA · 1,683 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant 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
- Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant buys its water from Sirwa #2 (Creston).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, February 1992.
- Record on file since 1982, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 882 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
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Jun 1, 2022 | Resolved |
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
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Jun 1, 2018 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Full record since 1982
EPA's records for Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (10 resolved) and 50 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 5 | 38 |
| 2000s | 5 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 2002, Resolved.
Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
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Jan 1, 2002 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2001 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2001 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2001 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2000 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
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Dec 1, 1997 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
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Aug 1, 1997 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1997 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant in 1992, filed as 36 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 1992.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1992 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 60 violations: Tetrachloroethylene, Benzene, Xylenes, Total, p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,2-Dichloropropane |
| Feb 25, 1992 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 26 violations: 1,2-Dichloropropane, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Ethylbenzene, Tetrachloroethylene, Carbon tetrachloride |
Where the water comes from
Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant buys its water from Sirwa #2 (Creston). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Sirwa #2 (Creston) Creston, IA
Annual water quality report
Mount Ayr Water Treatment Plant 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.
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