How many water violations are in Racine County?

Racine County has 10,597 total drinking water violations across 195 water systems, of which 1,279 are health-based violations. 82.6% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Racine County systems?

Water systems in Racine County serve approximately 179,476 people through 195 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Racine County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 6 tested systems in Racine County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 195 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Racine County?

Water systems in Racine County use GW (192 systems), SW (3 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 12.1% of Racine County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Racine County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Racine County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Racine County ranks #366 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Racine County, Wisconsin

Compiled by PlainWater · May 15, 2026

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI101 · Racine County 195 sys · 10,597 viol · #366/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 82.6% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 12.1% health
RANK-TOP #366/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 98%
SYS-LARGE 195 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lafayette County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Racine County ranks #366 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Racine County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 82.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 12.1% 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 #366 of 3,254 · #6 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Racine Waterworks	105,100	67	Clean
Caledonia Water Utility - Village Of	21,819	29	Clean
Burlington Waterworks	9,958	504	Clean
Waterford Waterworks	5,368	356	Clean
Union Grove Waterworks	4,900	71	Clean
Yorkville Utility Dist 1	3,900	160	Clean
Wind Point Water Dept	1,804	97	-
Seven Mile Fair Expo Bldg	999	124	-
Seven Mile Fair Market Square	999	240	-
Southern Wisconsin Center	950	293	-
Seven Mile Fair Pumphouse Well	914	16	-
Millgate General Store	875	0	-
Burger King	820	38	-
Racine Bible Church	657	0	-
Yorkville School	561	215	-
Kansasville Convenience & Carwash	553	0	-
Fischer Park-West	500	2	-
Fischer Park-East	500	0	-
Caseys General Store #3775	500	0	-
Raymond School	497	189	-
Lakeview Specialty Hospital	484	440	-
Lakeview School	480	261	-
Burger King	443	10	-
Harvest View Mhc	400	526	-
Western Village	400	70	-
Smolenski Park	400	30	-
Trinity Lutheran Church & School	398	103	-
Norway Ev Lutheran Church and Mustard Seed Preschool	345	19	-
Rivermoor Golf Club	319	2	-
Racine Instinctive Bowmen	305	0	-
North Cape Lutheran Church	304	5	-
Hickory Haven Mhc	303	163	-
Score	286	0	-
Washington School	266	80	-
Eagle Lake Manor	250	75	-
YMCA Camp Maclean Lodge	250	7	-
St Clare Catholic Church	250	10	-
YMCA Camp Maclean Kelseys Place	250	0	-
Manheim Milwaukee Auto Auction House & Detail Shop	240	84	-
Browns Lake Mobile Home CT	225	162	-
Kansasville Quick Mart	204	11	-
Community Church of Nazarene	203	2	-
Blackhawk Corporate Center	202	483	-
Sanders Park	200	22	-
Hope Community Church	200	31	-
North Cape School	170	268	-
Meadowbrook Country Club Maintenance Shed	166	6	-
Sunnys Plaza	165	14	-
Trinity Lutheran Parsonage & Old School	159	217	-
St Louis Church	156	23	-

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Racine County

Cross-state counties nearest Racine County on flagged-system share (82.6%) and cumulative violation count (10,597). 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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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