Public water system record
Fertile Municipal Water
Serves Fertile, Worth County, IA · 306 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Fertile Municipal Water 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
- 9
Key facts
- Fertile Municipal Water draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Iowa, October 1991.
- Record on file since 1988, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 156 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Nov 22, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Fertile Municipal Water go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Enforcement actions
Iowa regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Fertile Municipal Water in 1991, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 1991.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 1991 | Iowa | Compliance order (no penalty) | 17 violations: Chromium (total), Nitrate, Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium |
| Oct 21, 1991 | Iowa | Administrative penalty | 8 violations: Lead and Copper Rule, Nitrate, Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium |
Where the water comes from
Fertile Municipal Water draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Fertile Municipal Water 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 Fertile Municipal Water for a copy.
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