Public water system record
Farmington Water Supply
Serves Farmington, Van Buren County, IA · 601 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Farmington 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
- Farmington Water Supply buys its water from Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Iowa, October 1999.
- Record on file since 1994, with 20 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 272 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, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Farmington Water Supply go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 20 health-based violations (20 resolved) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20 | 3 |
| 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: Nitrate (acute), began December 1999, Resolved.
Show all 20 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Farmington Water Supply between 1998 and 1999, filed as 6 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 1999.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1999 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Nitrate |
| Apr 1, 1998 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Farmington Water Supply buys its water from Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Rathbun Reg Water Assn (Ft Madison) Centerville, IA
Annual water quality report
Farmington 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