Public water system record
Collins Water Supply
Serves Collins, Story County, IA · 505 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Collins 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
- 0
Key facts
- Collins Water Supply buys its water from IA Regional Utilities Assoc (Waverly).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, July 1985.
- Record on file since 1980, with 3 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 274 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Collins Water Supply go back to 1980. Before October 20, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (1 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3 | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began July 1981, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1981 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 23, 1980 | Archived |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 23, 1980 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Collins Water Supply in 1985, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in July 1985.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1985 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
Where the water comes from
Collins Water Supply buys its water from IA Regional Utilities Assoc (Waverly). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- IA Regional Utilities Assoc (Waverly) Newton, IA
Annual water quality report
Collins 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