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Adams County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI001 · Adams County 200 sys · 2,152 viol · #1644/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 60.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 24.2% health
  • RANK-MID #1644/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 200 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Polk County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Adams County ranks #1,644 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #43 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Adams County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 60.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 24.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Adams County . Population served ranks #1,644 of 3,254 · #43 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Adams County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Adams County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Adams · this county Washburn · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 58.8% 60% 60.2% 60.8% 61.4% 95.3%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Rome Water Utility 2,775 10 -
Adams Waterworks 1,847 51 -
Federal Correctional Institution 1,550 90 -
Friendship Waterworks 781 42 -
Emrick Lake Cmpgrnd East Shower House 750 0 -
Emrick Lake Cmpgrnd Main Well 750 4 -
Emrick Lake Cmpgrnd Cabins 750 4 -
Emrick Lake Cmpgrnd Handpump 750 0 -
Emrick Lake Cmpgrnd Office 750 0 -
Emrick Lake Cmpgrnd East Sites 750 0 -
Sand Valley Golf Resort Hole 11 500 13 -
Petenwell Co Park 10-West Pump House 410 0 -
Petenwell Co Park 9 405 0 -
Petenwell Co Park ATV Campground 400 0 -
Sand Valley Golf Resort Lido Pro Shop 400 0 -
Sand Valley Golf Resort Lido Pro Shelter & Bath 400 0 -
Sand Valley Golf Resort Mammoth Dunes Turnstand 400 0 -
Sand Valley Golf Resort Mammoth Dunes Hole 15 400 0 -
Castle Rock Co Park 2-Shop 210 12 -
Petenwell Co Park 11 205 0 -
Holiday Shores Cmpgd 6 East 205 4 -
Westwind Estates 160 11 -
Four Seasons Mini Mart 154 48 -
Kamado Flo at the Swan Barn Door 153 6 -
Wagon Wheel Campground 152 28 -
Stuffs Restaurant 150 6 -
Blue Lake Community LLC 102 3 -
Cold Water Canyon Shore Landing 100 9 -
Boomers Pub Inc 100 27 -
Dellwood Pavilion 100 16 -
Dollar General #24419 100 0 -
Ponderosa Pines - Campground 2 90 0 -
Trinity Lutheran Ch Ed Bldg 85 1 -
Ponderosa Pines - Bathhouse 85 8 -
Moundview Golf Course 78 54 -
Camp Deep Lake LLC 75 5 -
Pineland Camping Park 3 Site 125 75 38 -
Pineland Camping Park 1 Pool 75 38 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 9 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 10 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 11 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 12 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 14 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 16 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 17 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 18 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 19 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 20 75 0 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 21 75 5 -
Sunset Condominiums - Condo 22 75 0 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Adams County

Cross-state counties nearest Adams County on flagged-system share (60.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,152). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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