Water quality in Cresco, Iowa
Cresco is in Howard County. 21 active public water systems serve the county; 9 had an EPA violation in the past three years.
Most likely your provider
Other community water systems in Howard County
5 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cresco Waterworks Cresco |
3,913 | 0 | 7.9 mi | |
| Chester Water Supply Chester |
139 | 1 | 8.4 mi | |
| Elma Water Supply Elma |
505 | 0 | 12.9 mi | |
| Riceville Water Supply Riceville |
816 | 2 | 14.2 mi | |
| Protivin Water Supply Protivin |
269 | 1 | 14.9 mi |
Non-community systems in Howard County (15: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bodensteiner Impl (ls) Lime Springs |
43 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Featherlite Manufacturing, Llc. Lime Springs |
45 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Lidtke Park Lime Springs |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Saratoga Community Church Lime Springs |
80 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Cresco Golf and Country Club Cresco |
36 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Prairies Edge Nature Center Cresco |
150 | 0 | 0 | |
|
ST Pauls Maple Leaf Lutheran Church Elma |
90 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Pine Grove Mennonite School Chester |
48 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Tricky's Bar and Grill Elma |
30 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Church Elma |
165 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Jos Longbranch Cresco |
27 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Lake Hendricks Park (west Well) Cresco |
29 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Lake Hendricks Park (east Well) Cresco |
192 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Iowa Contract Fabricators INC Riceville |
160 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Cedar Valley Kitchen Elma |
42 | 0 | 0 |
About this data
Water systems are matched to Howard County, nearest to Cresco first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system or, for systems without one, to the centre of the first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau place files.
Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.
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.