Is Chariton Municipal Water Works Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Lucas

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

375

health-based violations

506

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-05-01 → 2017-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-05-01 → 2017-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-05-01 → 2017-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-05-01 → 2017-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-05-01 → 2017-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-04-01 → 2017-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-03-01 → 2017-03-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0130 µg/L	4/4	2025

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	291.1 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1090 µg/L	198/198	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	10.32 µg/L 69% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 987 µg/L	108/198	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	27.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 44.9 µg/L	81/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	51.5 µg/L 86% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 99 µg/L	81/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	16.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.5 µg/L	81/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	12.705 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.7 µg/L	80/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	50.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 74.5 µg/L	80/81	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	64.585 µg/L 81% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 84.5 µg/L	80/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.256 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.58 µg/L	65/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	22.94 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	63/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.916 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.19 µg/L	35/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0027 mg/L 18% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2025
Monobromoacetic Acid	29.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.5 µg/L	4/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.546 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.55 µg/L	2/81	SYR4	2012–2019

29 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: CHARITON MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS
Phone: 641-774-4711
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Chariton Municipal Water Works

Is Chariton Municipal Water Works tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Chariton Municipal Water Works's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Chariton Municipal Water Works's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Dichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Trichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Chariton Municipal Water Works serve?

Chariton Municipal Water Works reports serving 4,381 people in Iowa, per its EPA record.

Has Chariton Municipal Water Works had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 506 violations on file for Chariton Municipal Water Works, of which 375 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.