Community Water System · PWS IA3539080
Geneva Water Works
Operator location Geneva, Iowa - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 136 people served; 75 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 136
- People served (this PWS)
- 75
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Geneva Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
136 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Geneva Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (75), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (136; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 75
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 136
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 85
- County
- Franklin
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 8 | 1990 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1992 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Nitrite | MR | 3 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Geneva Water Works has 75 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 75), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
75 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Geneva Water Works
EPA SDWIS lists 136 people served and 85 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
75 violations · 136 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.
What to do with Geneva Water Works
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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