Community Water System · PWS IA2223011
Elkader Muni Water Dept
Operator location Elkader, Iowa - 0% of 151 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 1,219 served per SDWIS.
- 1,219
- People served (this PWS)
- 151
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Elkader Muni Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 151 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #17,677 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Elkader Muni Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (151), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,219 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,677 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #288 of 545
- Population · IA
- 151
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 692
- County
- Clayton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 132
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barium | MR | 16 | 1995 |
| Cadmium | MR | 16 | 1995 |
| Chromium | MR | 16 | 1995 |
| Selenium | MR | 16 | 1995 |
| Mercury | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Arsenic | MR | 12 | 1995 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 1992 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 8 | 1995 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 8 | 1995 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 8 | 1988 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 1989 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Elkader Muni Water Dept has 151 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 19% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 151), and it ranks #17,677 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)
151 Higher than most more violations than 81% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Elkader Muni Water Dept
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IA2223011.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
151 violations · 1,219 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Elkader Muni Water Dept
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