Public water system · IA5784302
ActiveMidway Water and Lighting
At a glance
Midway Water and Lighting (PWSID IA5784302) is an active community water system in Linn County, Iowa. It reports serving 72 people through 33 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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
72
Service connections
33
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Midway Water and Lighting compare with other water systems in Linn County?
By EPA's size categories, Midway Water and Lighting is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Linn County has 82 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,739 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 224,589 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 Midway Water and Lighting 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 Midway Water and Lighting?
EPA lists Midway Water and Lighting 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. 55 of the 82 active systems in Linn County (67%) are also privately owned.
Does Midway Water and Lighting have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023. The violations listed here began between April 2003 and August 2023. By type: 10 monitoring and reporting and 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Chlorine (2 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 4 as archived. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-08-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950 | No | Resolved |
| 2006-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2004-12-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10 | Not reported | No | Resolved |
| 2004-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-11-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | Trichloroethylenecode 2984 | No | Archived |
| 2003-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | p-Dichlorobenzenecode 2969 | No | Archived |
| 2003-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | Atrazinecode 2050 | No | Archived |
| 2003-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | o-Dichlorobenzenecode 2968 | No | Archived |
| 2003-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
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.
Midway Water and Lighting: frequently asked questions
Who runs Midway Water and Lighting?
Midway Water and Lighting (PWSID IA5784302) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IA state drinking water program.
How many people does Midway Water and Lighting serve?
Midway Water and Lighting reports serving 72 people through 33 service connections in Linn County, Iowa.
Where does Midway Water and Lighting 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 Midway Water and Lighting have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023. 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 Midway Water and Lighting'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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2023. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the IA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Midway Water and Lighting's water quality report?
As a community water system, Midway Water and Lighting 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 Linn County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids Water Department | Linn | 142,364 | Community | Groundwater under influence of surface water |
| Marion Municipal Water Dept | Linn | 41,623 | Community | Groundwater |
| Hiawatha Water Dept | Linn | 7,183 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mount Vernon Water Supply | Linn | 4,527 | Community | Groundwater |
| Fairfax Water Supply | Linn | 2,828 | Community | Groundwater |
| Center Point Water Supply | Linn | 2,579 | Community | Groundwater |
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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, “Midway Water and Lighting, PWSID IA5784302, Iowa”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/iowa/midway-water-and-lighting-ia5784302 (data as of October 1, 2026).