Iowa
Buchanan County drinking water quality
20 active public water systems serve 13,086 people in Buchanan County. 13 are compliant, 7 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.
Community water systems
10 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Independence Water Dept Independence |
6,064 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Jesup Municipal Water Supply Jesup |
2,508 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Fairbank Water Supply Fairbank |
1,111 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Winthrop Water Supply Winthrop |
840 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Hazleton Water Supply Hazleton |
713 | 4 | 1 | |
|
Lamont Water Supply Lamont |
429 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Brandon Water Supply Brandon |
341 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Hazleton Mobile Home Park Hazleton |
150 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Pints Water Association Independence |
96 | 0 | 0 | |
|
River Ridge HOA Independence |
60 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (10: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Denali's on the River Independence |
185 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Jp's Country Store Hazleton |
125 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cedar Rock Visitors Center Quasqueton |
107 | 0 | 0 | |
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Morwood Campground Hazleton |
77 | 0 | 0 | |
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Ridge Haven INC Walker |
74 | 0 | 0 | |
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Poet Biorefining Fairbank LLC Fairbank |
62 | 0 | 0 | |
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Wapsie Valley Creamery, Inc. Independence |
60 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Bodensteiner Implement of Rowley Rowley |
30 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Three Elms Golf Course Independence |
29 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Dollar General (fairbank) Fairbank |
25 | 0 | 0 |
Inactive systems (70, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Iowa records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.