Public water system · IA6642201
ActiveOld County Seat Bar & Grill
At a glance
Old County Seat Bar & Grill (PWSID IA6642201) is an active transient non-community water system in Mitchell County, Iowa. It reports serving 101 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2014.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
101
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Old County Seat Bar & Grill compare with other water systems in Mitchell County?
By EPA's size categories, Old County Seat Bar & Grill is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Mitchell County has 16 active public water systems, and Old County Seat Bar & Grill is the 5th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 382 people per system, and accounts for 1.7% of the 6,105 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Iowa, the 1,828 active systems average 1,718 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Old County Seat Bar & Grill is about 30% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Iowa has 626 active transient non-community water systems, 34% 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 Old County Seat Bar & Grill?
EPA lists Old County Seat Bar & Grill 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. 8 of the 16 active systems in Mitchell County (50%) are also privately owned.
Does Old County Seat Bar & Grill have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2014. The violations listed here began between January 1999 and March 2014. By type: 10 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-02-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2006-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2004-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-11-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2002-02-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2000-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1999-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 10 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.
Old County Seat Bar & Grill: frequently asked questions
Who runs Old County Seat Bar & Grill?
Old County Seat Bar & Grill (PWSID IA6642201) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IA state drinking water program.
How many people does Old County Seat Bar & Grill serve?
Old County Seat Bar & Grill reports serving 101 people through 1 service connection in Mitchell County, Iowa.
Where does Old County Seat Bar & Grill 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 Old County Seat Bar & Grill have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2014. 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 Old County Seat Bar & Grill'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. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Old County Seat Bar & Grill's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Old County Seat Bar & Grill is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Mitchell County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Municipal Water Supply | Mitchell | 3,637 | Community | Groundwater |
| St Ansgar Water Supply | Mitchell | 1,161 | Community | Groundwater |
| Stacyville Water Supply | Mitchell | 465 | Community | Groundwater |
| St Peter Lutheran Church | Mitchell | 188 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Absolute Energy LLC | Mitchell | 70 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Orchard Water Works | Mitchell | 68 | 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, “Old County Seat Bar & Grill, PWSID IA6642201, Iowa”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/iowa/old-county-seat-bar-grill-ia6642201 (data as of October 1, 2026).