Iowa
Shelby County drinking water quality
9 active public water systems serve 11,941 people in Shelby County. 5 are compliant, 4 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
9 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Harlan Municipal Utilities Harlan |
5,067 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Regional Water Avoca |
4,132 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Shelby Water Supply Shelby |
727 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Elk Horn Muni Water Works Elk Horn |
631 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Earling Water Supply Earling |
397 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Irwin Municipal Supply Irwin |
313 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Defiance Water Department Defiance |
250 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Panama Water Works Panama |
235 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Portsmouth Water Supply Portsmouth |
189 | 0 | 0 |
Inactive systems (15, 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.