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Kenosha County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI059 · Kenosha County 227 sys · 15,435 viol · #452/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 84.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.8% health
  • RANK-TOP #452/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 227 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Vernon County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kenosha County ranks #452 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kenosha County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 84.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #452 of 3,254 · #9 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kenosha County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Florence · near Kenosha · this county Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 83.1% 84.1% 84.2% 84.6% 84.8% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kenosha Water Utility 99,218 56 Clean
Pleasant Prairie Water Utility 10,754 71 Clean
Somers Water Utility 1,930 107 Clean
Wilmot Union High School 1,200 1,121 -
Bristol Village of East 1,001 41 -
Paddock Lake Waterworks 945 115 -
Salem Grade School North Well 800 262 -
Wheatland Center School 665 30 -
Randall School 658 25 -
Bristol Waterworks Village Of 598 84 -
Benson Corners - Preet Petroleum & Pizza Time 500 25 -
Riverview School 485 10 -
Wheatland Estates 450 213 -
St Johns Catholic Church 450 2 -
St Alphonsus Catholic Church 449 26 -
Lakewood School 408 34 -
First Christian Church 404 4 -
Knolls Water Cooperative 400 39 -
Trevor Wilmot Consolidated School 394 141 -
Trevor Wilmot Consolidated School Addition 394 33 -
Kenosha Beef International & Birchwood Foods 352 209 -
Rainbow Lake Manor MHP 350 14 -
Berkots 340 132 -
Shoreland Lutheran High School 330 24 -
Tan Oak Apts 325 603 -
La Casita 310 22 -
Paris School 300 8 -
Salem Grade School South Well 300 111 -
Carefree Estates MHP 300 532 -
Somers United Church of Christ & Busy Bee Child Care Center 260 66 -
Oakdale Estates MHP 220 343 -
Toms Straw Hat LLC 204 19 -
Happy Acres Kamp Ground 200 17 -
Salvation Army Wonderland Camp 200 11 -
WI DNR Richard Bong Sunrise Showers 200 22 -
Wheatland Center School Addition - Middle School 180 135 -
Salem Lakes Business Park 180 8 -
Brighton 1 School District 175 49 -
Crossway Community Church 167 0 -
Wilmot Tubing Hill 160 0 -
Melody Park Campground Pool Well 156 0 -
Community Baptist Church 154 0 -
Silver Lake Mobil 152 27 -
Melody Park Campground Camp Well 152 13 -
Twin Lakes Park Water Coop 150 77 -
Great Lakes Dragaway 150 14 -
Silver Lake Co Park 1 150 4 -
Prairie Apts 1 & 2 150 167 -
Silver Lake Co Park 2 150 24 -
Messiah Lutheran Church & Christian Preschool 131 16 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Kenosha County

Cross-state counties nearest Kenosha County on flagged-system share (84.6%) and cumulative violation count (15,435). 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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