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Community Water System · PWS IA0407008

Centerville Municipal Waterworks

Operator location Centerville, Iowa - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 122 violations and 5,344 people served.

5,344
People served (this PWS)
122
EPA violations (this PWS)
17
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Centerville Municipal Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #7,417 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Centerville Municipal Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (122), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,344; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#7,417 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#96 of 545
Population · IA
122
Total EPA violations on record
14%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
2,832
County
Appanoose
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
16
Monitoring Violations
62
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Atrazine MR 38 1996
Coliform (TCR) MR 17 2002
Coliform (TCR) MCL 16 1991
Lead and Copper Rule MR 7 1992
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 1 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Centerville Municipal Waterworks has 122 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 122), and it ranks #7,417 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

122 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 2 of 91 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHxS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/7/2024 5.50 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/7/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/7/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/7/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/7/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/14/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/14/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/14/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/14/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/14/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/14/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/14/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/14/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/14/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/14/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/14/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Centerville Municipal Waterworks

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS IA0407008 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

122 violations · 5,344 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Centerville Municipal Waterworks

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Iowa compares on the same EPA violation measures. Iowa systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater