Community Water System · PWS IA4800634
Iowa Valley Estates
Operator location Marengo, Iowa - 57% of 121 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 46 served per SDWIS.
- 46
- People served (this PWS)
- 121
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 69
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Iowa Valley Estates standing, high SDWIS violation third
57% of 121 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 57% is upper-third health share (> 23%).
The verdict
Iowa Valley Estates sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (121), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (46; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 57% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 121
- Total EPA violations on record
- 57%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 46
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 25
- County
- Iowa
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 69
- Monitoring Violations
- 34
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MCL | 64 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 1985 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 1984 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1983 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 2 | 1985 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Iowa Valley Estates has 121 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 57% of this system's own violations are health-based (69 of 121), 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)
121 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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 Iowa Valley Estates
69 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IA4800634.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
121 violations · 46 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 Iowa Valley Estates
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.