Community Water System · PWS IA4283067
Radcliffe Municipal Water
Operator location Radcliffe, Iowa - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 561 people served; 141 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 561
- People served (this PWS)
- 141
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Radcliffe Municipal Water standing, high SDWIS violation third
561 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,210 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Radcliffe Municipal Water sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (141), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (561; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #27,210 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #511 of 545
- Population · IA
- 141
- Total EPA violations on record
- 9%
- 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
- 272
- County
- Hardin
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 116
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 13 | 1998 |
| Cadmium | MR | 12 | 1996 |
| Chromium | MR | 12 | 1996 |
| Mercury | MR | 12 | 1996 |
| Selenium | MR | 12 | 1996 |
| Barium | MR | 12 | 1996 |
| Fluoride | MR | 12 | 1996 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 1998 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 1992 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 1989 |
| Arsenic | MR | 8 | 1989 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 1996 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 2 | 2016 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Radcliffe Municipal Water has 141 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 141), and it ranks #27,210 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)
141 Higher than most more violations than 80% 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 Radcliffe Municipal Water
EPA SDWIS lists 561 people served and 272 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
141 violations · 561 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Radcliffe Municipal Water
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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