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Blakesburg Municipal Water Works

Serves Blakesburg, Wapello County, IA · 305 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Blakesburg Municipal Water Works in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • IA9027014
  • BLAKESBURG
  • IA
  • 305 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 52536
EPA system ID IA9027014

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Blakesburg Municipal Water Works buys its water from Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, December 2017.
  • Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 139 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 24, 2025 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2006

EPA's records for Blakesburg Municipal Water Works go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

Iowa regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Blakesburg Municipal Water Works in 2017. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 18, 2017 Iowa Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Blakesburg Municipal Water Works buys its water from Rathbun Regional Water Assn (Rathbun). It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Blakesburg Municipal Water Works 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Blakesburg Municipal Water Works for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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