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Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc

At a glance

Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc (PWSID IA8218301) is an active community water system in Scott County, Iowa. It reports serving 145 people through 48 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

145

Service connections

48

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDIA8218301
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served145
Service connections48
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyIA state drinking water program
City servedBuffalo
StateIowa
ZIP—
CountyScott County

How does Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc compare with other water systems in Scott County?

By EPA's size categories, Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Scott County has 78 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,285 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 178,240 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Iowa, the 1,828 active systems average 1,718 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Iowa has 1,084 active community water systems, 59% of the state's 1,828 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,502 Iowa systems (82%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc?

EPA lists Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc as privately owned. The IA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 57 of the 78 active systems in Scott County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2013 and October 2025. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (5 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as unaddressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-10-27Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-06-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-01-24Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2021-09-12Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2017-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456NoResolved
2017-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950NoResolved
2013-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherVariance/Exemption/Other Compliance · code 08Not reportedNoResolved
2013-03-22Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2013-03-19Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2013-02-03Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2013-02-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2013-01-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc: frequently asked questions

Who runs Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc?

Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc (PWSID IA8218301) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IA state drinking water program.

How many people does Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc serve?

Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc reports serving 145 people through 48 service connections in Scott County, Iowa.

Where does Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the IA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc's water quality report?

As a community water system, Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Scott County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Iowa-American Wtr Co-DavenportScott147,720CommunitySurface water
Eldridge Water SupplyScott6,726CommunityGroundwater
Genesis E Campus Hospital Emg WellScott6,165Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Park View Water & Sanitary DistrictScott2,389CommunityGroundwater
Truckomat CorporationScott1,794Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Walcott WaterworksScott1,556CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Devils Creek Estates Home Assoc, PWSID IA8218301, Iowa”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/iowa/devils-creek-estates-home-assoc-ia8218301 (data as of October 1, 2026).