Public water system · IA2843706
ActiveR Place
At a glance
R Place (PWSID IA2843706) is an active transient non-community water system in Delaware County, Iowa. It reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
3
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does R Place compare with other water systems in Delaware County?
By EPA's size categories, R Place is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Delaware County has 28 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 336 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 9,400 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 R Place is well 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 R Place?
EPA lists R Place 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. 16 of the 28 active systems in Delaware County (57%) are also privately owned.
Does R Place have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. The violations listed here began between October 1996 and November 2020. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrite (2 of them). EPA lists 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-29 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2016-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2002-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1998-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Archived |
All 5 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.
R Place: frequently asked questions
Who runs R Place?
R Place (PWSID IA2843706) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IA state drinking water program.
How many people does R Place serve?
R Place reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections in Delaware County, Iowa.
Where does R Place 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 R Place have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. 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 R Place'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 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IA state drinking water program.
Where can I find R Place's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. R Place 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 Delaware County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Water Supply | Delaware | 5,077 | Community | Groundwater |
| Earlville Muni Water Supply | Delaware | 724 | Community | Groundwater |
| Hopkinton Municipal Utilities | Delaware | 622 | Community | Groundwater |
| Backbone State Park | Delaware | 508 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Delhi Water Supply | Delaware | 420 | Community | Groundwater |
| Colesburg Water Supply | Delaware | 386 | 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, “R Place, PWSID IA2843706, Iowa”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/iowa/r-place-ia2843706 (data as of October 1, 2026).