Iowa
Cerro Gordo County drinking water quality
34 active public water systems serve 39,964 people in Cerro Gordo County. 21 are compliant, 13 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 1 is a designated serious violator, and 0 carry a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
9 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mason City Water Department Mason City |
27,338 | 1 | 0 | |
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Clear Lake Water Department Clear Lake |
7,687 | 0 | 0 | |
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Rockwell Water Supply Rockwell |
1,071 | 1 | 0 | |
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Ventura Water Works Ventura |
717 | 0 | 0 | |
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Thornton Water Supply Thornton |
400 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Plymouth Water Supply Plymouth |
378 | 5 | 1 | |
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Meservey Water Supply Meservey |
222 | 0 | 0 | |
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Swaledale Water Supply Swaledale |
144 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Long Beach Mobile Park Clear Lake |
50 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (25: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (74, 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.