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Rusk County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI107 · Rusk County 86 sys · 4,000 viol · #2557/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 66.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 20.6% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2557/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 86 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Clark County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Rusk County ranks #2,557 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #68 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Rusk County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 66.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 20.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Rusk County . Population served ranks #2,557 of 3,254 · #68 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Rusk County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Rusk · this county Juneau · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 65.8% 66.3% 66.3% 66.7% 66.7% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ladysmith Waterworks 3,184 112 -
Bruce Waterworks 620 85 -
Hawkins Waterworks 333 56 -
Sheldon Water Utility 265 436 -
Weyerhaeuser Waterworks 238 244 -
Living Waters Assembly of God Church 150 43 -
Little Jump School 120 0 -
Tony Waterworks 105 142 -
Rivers Edge Bar Grill and Campground Bar 100 12 -
Christie Mountain 100 6 -
Glen Flora Waterworks 93 691 -
Ladysmith Service Center 75 5 -
Dairiconcepts LP 66 343 -
Shiloh Mennonite School 60 121 -
Island Lake Campground 60 0 -
Winterhaven 1 Hill Well 60 3 -
East River Run Escape 50 0 -
Js Supper Club & Catering 50 38 -
St Marys Catholic Church 50 10 -
Millers Antlers Tavern 50 55 -
Lo Bar The 50 9 -
St Francis of Assisi 50 0 -
Adventure Resort 50 0 -
Bay View Resort 44 16 -
Eagle View RV Camp 40 0 -
Winterhaven 3 Boot Lake Well 40 0 -
Willow Lane Estates 34 857 -
Loony Bin Bar and Grill 30 0 -
Narrows Oasis Resort LLC Campground 30 0 -
Red Rock Campground 30 0 -
Marvelous Mikes Mini Golf 30 7 -
Backwoods Bar and Grill 30 0 -
Flints Gold Mine 30 100 -
Narrows Oasis Resort LLC Bar and Grill 30 2 -
Northwoods Motel 30 0 -
Liens Lakeside Bar and Grill 27 9 -
D Bar and Resort 27 0 -
Country View Motel 27 9 -
D Bar & Resort Campground 27 10 -
Sheps North Shore Campground 25 70 -
Rusk Co Forestry Murphy Flowage 25 6 -
Jimmys World 25 22 -
Djs Campground 25 5 -
Flambeau Ridge Campground 25 0 -
Winterhaven 2 House Well 25 0 -
Cedar Lodge Tavern 25 11 -
Giffs Pop a Top 25 26 -
Taylors Amacoy Golf Club 25 66 -
Grumpies 25 4 -
Inn Between The 25 10 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Rusk County

Cross-state counties nearest Rusk County on flagged-system share (66.3%) and cumulative violation count (4,000). 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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