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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IA4103101

Michael Foods - Britt

Operator location Britt, Iowa - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 110 people served; 73 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

110
People served (this PWS)
73
EPA violations (this PWS)
1
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Michael Foods - Britt standing, mid SDWIS violation third

110 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Michael Foods - Britt lands in the middle third by violation volume (73), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (110; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

73
Total EPA violations on record
1%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
110
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Hancock
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
66
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 12 2013
Nitrate MR 8 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2010
Coliform (TCR) MCL 1 1988
2,4,5-TP MR 1 1995
Barium MR 1 1991
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 1995
2,4-D MR 1 1995
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1995
Toluene MR 1 1995
Arsenic MR 1 1991
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 1995
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 1995
LASSO MR 1 1995
Pentachlorophenol MR 1 1995
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 1995
Benzene MR 1 1995
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 1995
Styrene MR 1 1995
Cadmium MR 1 1991
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 1995
Vinyl chloride MR 1 1995
Dinoseb MR 1 1995
Picloram MR 1 1995
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 1 1995
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 1995
Fluoride MR 1 1991
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 1995
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1995
Xylenes, Total MR 1 1995

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Michael Foods - Britt has 73 recorded EPA violations, 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 34% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 73), 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)

73 Around the middle fewer violations than 34% 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 Michael Foods - Britt

EPA SDWIS lists 110 people served and 1 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

73 violations · 110 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Michael Foods - Britt

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