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Douglas County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI031 · Douglas County 189 sys · 2,120 viol · #1230/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 61.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 30.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1230/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.6 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 99%
  • SYS-LARGE 189 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Washburn County ( -0.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Douglas County ranks #1,230 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #33 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Douglas County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 61.4% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 30.6% is health-based share above the upper 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 #1,230 of 3,254 · #33 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Douglas County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Polk · near Douglas · this county Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 60% 60.2% 60.8% 61.4% 62.1% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Superior Water Light & Power Company 26,084 30 Clean
Northwestern Elementary and Middle School 890 13 -
Northwestern High School 448 14 -
Solon Springs School 375 26 -
Four Corners Elementary School 300 56 -
Parkland Town Hall 230 19 -
Middle River Health and Rehab Center 200 56 -
Bridges Bar 200 0 -
Peace Lutheran Church 150 14 -
St Anthony Catholic Church 150 2 -
Maranatha Academy Inc 132 80 -
Gordon Correctional Center 124 42 -
Dairy and Bean LLC 100 14 -
Norwood Golf 100 0 -
Stone Tavern The 100 12 -
House of Hope Church 100 19 -
Camp Nebagamon 100 11 -
Dollar General Solon Springs 100 0 -
Douglas Co Bird Sanctuary 100 0 -
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Taconite Facility 97 28 -
Manitou Falls Sanitary District No 1 95 709 -
WI DNR Amnicon Falls Campground 80 24 -
WI DNR Brule River State Forest Copper Range Campground 60 16 -
Bottens Green Acres Golf Course 50 0 -
Hungry Trout Inn 50 31 -
Rellies Rusty Axe Tavern 50 9 -
Poplar Golf and Campground Campsites 50 4 -
Family Forum Head Start Inc Center 4 50 5 -
Assembly Park Bible Camp Staff Area 50 0 -
Buckhorn 30 0 -
Forest Point Resort 30 10 -
WI DNR Brule River State Forest Headquarters 27 12 -
Shoppe The 27 0 -
Lawn Beach 26 0 -
M and MS Y Go By 26 6 -
Franny KS Country Foods 25 0 -
Stop a Sec 25 6 -
Solon Springs Community Center 25 0 -
Gordon Pines Golf Club 25 4 -
Ravine Park 25 0 -
Swansons Motel and Campground Pool Well 25 6 -
Checkerboard 25 18 -
Georgias Bar and Grill 25 4 -
Happy Ours RV Park 25 8 -
Clearwater Resort Cabins 25 0 -
Mission Covenant Church Gymnasium 25 0 -
Wascott Town Hall 25 17 -
WI DNR Pattison Reservoir 25 78 -
Bootleggers 25 2 -
Douglas Co Lucius Woods Campground 25 2 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Douglas County

Cross-state counties nearest Douglas County on flagged-system share (61.4%) and cumulative violation count (2,120). 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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