Community Water System · PWS IA3971026
Panora Water Works
Operator location Panora, Iowa - 26% of 296 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,091 served per SDWIS.
- 1,091
- People served (this PWS)
- 296
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 78
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Panora Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
26% of 296 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 26% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #18,697 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Panora Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (296), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,091 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 26% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,697 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #314 of 545
- Population · IA
- 296
- Total EPA violations on record
- 26%
- 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
- 638
- County
- Guthrie
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 75
- Monitoring Violations
- 177
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MCL | 65 | 2002 |
| Fluoride | MR | 16 | 1999 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 15 | 1996 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 15 | 1996 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 15 | 1996 |
| Arsenic | MR | 14 | 1999 |
| Cadmium | MR | 14 | 1999 |
| Chromium | MR | 14 | 1999 |
| Selenium | MR | 14 | 1999 |
| Barium | MR | 13 | 1999 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 1992 |
| Mercury | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 1999 |
| Dalapon | MR | 3 | 1998 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Panora Water Works has 296 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 26% of this system's own violations are health-based (78 of 296), and it ranks #18,697 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)
296 Higher than most more violations than 91% 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 Panora Water Works
78 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IA3971026.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
296 violations · 1,091 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 Panora Water Works
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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