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Waupaca County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI135 · Waupaca County 208 sys · 3,818 viol · #1185/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 63.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1185/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.9 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 208 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Dane County ( -0.9 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Waupaca County ranks #1,185 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #31 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Waupaca County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 63.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,185 of 3,254 · #31 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Waupaca County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Douglas · near Waupaca · this county Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 60.8% 61.4% 62.1% 63% 65.6% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
New London Waterworks 7,187 447 Detected
Waupaca Waterworks 6,062 41 Detected
Clintonville Utilities 4,635 228 Clean
Weyauwega Waterworks 1,856 204 -
Manawa Waterworks 1,300 29 -
Marion Waterworks 1,293 4 -
Iola Waterworks 1,249 25 -
Wisconsin Veterans Home 1,240 26 -
Kinney Lake Cmpgd Site 701 615 11 -
Victory Ch 585 0 -
Northport Mart 502 0 -
Waupaca High Sch 400 0 -
Embarrass Waterworks 347 957 -
Fremont RV Park Office 300 10 -
Fremont RV Park Near Lake 300 4 -
Rio Lobo LLC 255 0 -
St Paul Lutheran Ch Fremont 235 1 -
Rawhide Boys Ranch Central Services 230 2 -
El Poblano Mexican-American Grill 220 18 -
Pine Tree Supper Club 220 6 -
Chef Chus Chinese Restaurant 150 16 -
Readfield Elementary School 150 30 -
Chain Exploration Center 150 15 -
Fremont Elementary School 145 22 -
Oakwood Estates MHP 110 39 -
Northland Sports Bar & Grill 110 18 -
Bear Lake Resort & Cmpgd 110 21 -
Silver Lake Lanes 110 28 -
Nauti Turtle The 110 0 -
Sunset Bp Convenience Store 110 0 -
Spencer Lake Christian Cntr Dining Hall 110 0 -
Dings Dock 110 2 -
Wheelhouse Restr 110 10 -
Meyers Clint Mar Supper Club 110 0 -
Spencer Lake Christian Center North Lodge 110 0 -
WI DNR Hartman Ck Beach 101 14 -
Glen Cairn Golf Course Clubhouse 100 23 -
Bear Creek Travel Plaza 100 25 -
Health & Fitness Headquarters 100 0 -
Rawhide Youth Homes 92 17 -
Camp Onaway Dining Hall 80 8 -
Boardwalk Mhc 71 205 -
Camp Tamarack Basile Retreat Ctr 70 9 -
Camp Tamarack John Gray Lodge 70 0 -
Mother Goose Family Daycare Center 66 26 -
WI DNR Hartman Ck Whisp Pines 51 17 -
WI DNR Hartman Ck Fca Showers 51 15 -
Rustic Woods Cmpgd Bathrooms 50 24 -
Royalton Station Mini Mart 50 10 -
Waupaca Bowl 50 6 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Waupaca County

Cross-state counties nearest Waupaca County on flagged-system share (63.0%) and cumulative violation count (3,818). 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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