Public water system record
Eldon Water Supply
Serves Eldon, Wapello County, IA · 927 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Eldon 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
- 4
Key facts
- Eldon Water Supply buys its water from Wapello Rural Water Assoc.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, December 1987.
- Record on file since 1975, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 7 lead and 48 unknown out of 410 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
|
Sep 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1975
EPA's records for Eldon Water Supply go back to 1975. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (2 resolved, 8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4 | 0 |
| 1980s | 6 | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 6 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began October 1985, Archived.
Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1983 | Archived |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1983 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1981 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 9, 1979 | Archived |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 9, 1979 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1979 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1975 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Eldon Water Supply between 1985 and 1987, filed as 8 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 1987.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 1987 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations (3 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Dec 10, 1987 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Sep 30, 1986 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Jun 19, 1985 | Iowa | Signed compliance agreement | 3 violations (3 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
Where the water comes from
Eldon Water Supply buys its water from Wapello Rural Water Assoc. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Wapello Rural Water Assoc. Ottumwa, IA
Annual water quality report
Eldon 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