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Poweshiek County drinking water quality

8 active public water systems serve 15,352 people in Poweshiek County. 5 are compliant, 3 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.

Active systems 8 8 community systems
People served 15K by public water systems
Systems with violations 3 38% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 0 1 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Barnes City Water Supply IA7905088 · Barnes City · Community water system · Serves 156 1 rule violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule.

Community water systems

8 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Grinnell Water Department
Grinnell
9,564 2 0
Ponderosa Utilities Inc.
Montezuma
1,750 0 0
Montezuma Muni Water Supply
Montezuma
1,545 0 0
Brooklyn Water Department
Brooklyn
1,505 0 0
Grinnell MHP MHC
Grinnell
313 2 1
Malcom Water Supply
Malcom
270 0 0
Deep River Water Supply
Deep River
249 0 0
Barnes City Water Supply
Barnes City
156 1 1
Inactive systems (37, 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.