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Pierce County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI093 · Pierce County 95 sys · 1,498 viol · #1300/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 69.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1300/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 95 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Marquette County ( -0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pierce County ranks #1,300 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pierce County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 69.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 29.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,300 of 3,254 · #34 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pierce County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Marquette · near Barron · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 68.6% 69% 69.5% 70% 70.6% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
River Falls Waterworks 16,000 9 Clean
Prescott Waterworks 4,258 78 Detected
Ellsworth Waterworks 3,304 40 Detected
Spring Valley Waterworks 1,409 25 -
Elmwood Waterworks 798 77 -
Belle Ame Vineyard 500 0 -
Bay City Waterworks 499 29 -
Ave Maria Academy 226 40 -
Meyer Utility Structures LLC 225 66 -
Plum Petroleum LLC 202 24 -
Exile Bar 200 30 -
Captain Jacks Saloon 200 3 -
Plum City Perk 200 0 -
St Croix Improvements 175 27 -
Plum City High School 160 12 -
Ellsworth Coop Creamery 150 9 -
Hager Heights Drive IN 150 0 -
Our Saviors Lutheran Church 140 7 -
C3 Church 127 265 -
Plum City Elementary School 125 8 -
Plum City Care Center Nursing Home 120 24 -
Last Resort Campground 120 0 -
Maiden Rock Water Utility 118 9 -
Freedom Island Cmpgd 110 0 -
Freedom Island Cmpgd - North 100 0 -
Clifton Highlands Golf 100 0 -
Nugget Lake County Park - Picnic Area 100 0 -
Nugget Lake County Park - Cmpgd 100 12 -
St Pauls United Ch of Christ 100 13 -
Forestville Winery and Event Center 100 0 -
Netties Volta 90 0 -
Vino in the Valley 75 0 -
Heartland Montessori School 64 21 -
Svea Lutheran Church 60 10 -
29 Express 60 3 -
Honey Hole Tavern The 60 8 -
Harbor Bar 60 12 -
Nestle Purina Pet Care Co 55 6 -
Rush River Lutheran Church 50 3 -
Shady Grove 50 0 -
Gas Lite 50 94 -
Valley Bar & Grill, The 50 11 -
Clifton Hollow Golf Course 50 23 -
Ridgetop 50 3 -
Spring Valley Golf Course 50 3 -
Country Manor Apts 50 87 -
Wieser Concrete Products Inc 45 75 -
Plummer Concrete & Associates Inc 45 0 -
Kingdom Hall Jehovah Wt Ch 40 19 -
Pierce-Pepin Cooperative Services 40 18 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Pierce County

Cross-state counties nearest Pierce County on flagged-system share (69.5%) and cumulative violation count (1,498). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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