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Iowa

Wapello County drinking water quality

6 active public water systems serve 44,794 people in Wapello County. 3 are compliant, 3 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.

Active systems 6 6 community systems
People served 45K by public water systems
Systems with violations 3 50% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 0 0 systems carry a health flag

Community water systems

6 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Ottumwa Water Works
Ottumwa
25,529 2 0
Wapello Rural Water Assoc.
Ottumwa
17,263 0 0
Eldon Water Supply
Eldon
927 1 0
Agency Water Works
Agency
620 0 0
Blakesburg Municipal Water Works
Blakesburg
305 1 1
Leisure Living Manf Home Community
Ottumwa
150 0 0
Inactive systems (18, 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.