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Barron County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI005 · Barron County 190 sys · 4,239 viol · #1390/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 70.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.2% health
  • RANK-MID #1390/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 190 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Pierce County ( -0.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Barron County ranks #1,390 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #35 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Barron County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 70.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 18.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,390 of 3,254 · #35 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Barron County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Pierce · near Jackson · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 69% 69.5% 70% 70.6% 70.7% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Rice Lake Waterworks 9,012 133 Clean
Barron Light & Water Dept 3,423 243 Clean
Cumberland Waterworks 2,311 43 -
Chetek Waterworks 1,931 623 -
Cameron Waterworks 1,787 54 -
Turtle Lake Waterworks 1,073 143 -
Almena Waterworks 705 133 -
Dallas Waterworks 365 226 -
Prairie Farm High School 350 6 -
Bona Casa 300 0 -
Saputo Cheese USA Inc 300 7 -
Haugen Waterworks 287 33 -
Luther Park Bible Camp Dining Hall and Cabins 200 28 -
Pokegama Lakeside Cantina 200 8 -
Turtleback Golf Enterprises 200 0 -
Camp Phillips Boy Scouts 1 Dining Hall 200 1 -
Camp Phillips Boy Scouts 7 Administration 200 1 -
Enchanted Barn 200 4 -
Prairie Farm Cub Care 160 28 -
United Lutheran of Prairie Farm 150 5 -
Lejeune Steel Building 1 100 286 -
Cedar Lake Market 100 41 -
Camp Phillips Boy Scout 8 Cub World 100 1 -
Source Energy Services Sumner West 100 21 -
Lejeune Steel Building 2 100 2 -
Andersons Trailer Court 95 166 -
St Pauls Evangelical Church 90 20 -
Camp Phillips Boy Scouts 3 Sourdough 90 1 -
Camp Phillips Boy Scouts 5 Thunderbird 90 5 -
Chetek Lanes Inc 85 23 -
Poskin Lake Resort 80 0 -
Red Cedar Valley Estates MHP 80 27 -
Cumberland Golf Club 75 0 -
Gosnells Packer Inn 75 0 -
Cedar Lake Bar and Pub 65 40 -
Red Barn Theater 65 39 -
Barronett Cenex 65 3 -
Mels Lakeshore Resort Bar 60 6 -
Luther Park Bible Camp Pool and Cabins 60 6 -
Stanfold Lutheran Church 60 0 -
Ridgeland Elementary School 60 10 -
Country View Mobile Home Court 54 129 -
Camp Brigadoon Addition 50 10 -
Canoe Villa Mhc 50 20 -
Kahls Northland Resort 50 25 -
Summer Haven Resort 50 0 -
New Hope Pentecostal Church 50 0 -
V and M Bar 50 19 -
Stouts Lodge and Restaurant 50 8 -
Loch Lomond Beach Club 50 0 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Barron County

Cross-state counties nearest Barron County on flagged-system share (70.0%) and cumulative violation count (4,239). 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.

4 peers

Similar violation load

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

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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