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Wood County, Wisconsin

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WI141 · Wood County 148 sys · 2,172 viol · #855/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 77.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 24.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #855/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 148 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Walworth County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wood County ranks #855 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #23 of 71 counties in Wisconsin. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wood County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 77.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 24.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #855 of 3,254 · #23 of 71 in Wisconsin.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wood County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bayfield · lowest Wood · this county Dodge · near Milwaukee · highest 52.1% 77.5% 77.7% 77.8% 77.8% 78.2% 95.3%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Wis Rapids Water Works & Lighting Comm 20,000 29 Clean
Marshfield Utilities 18,815 18 Detected
Nekoosa Waterworks 2,394 25 -
Port Edwards Water Utility 1,866 130 -
Biron Water Utility 879 38 -
Pittsville Waterworks 800 147 -
Jammers 725 0 -
Holy Rosary Catholic Church 700 24 -
St Marys Catholic Church 600 0 -
Bulls Eye Golf Club 500 5 -
St Michaels Catholic Parish 500 4 -
Auburndale High School 498 96 -
Vesper Waterworks 491 19 -
Auburndale Elementary School 485 94 -
Trinity Ev Lutheran Church & School 430 142 -
St Kilian Catholic Church 350 14 -
Nasonville Elementary School 350 27 -
Grace Lutheran Church 300 2 -
Immanuel Lutheran Church 300 0 -
Milladore Waterworks 280 18 -
Dairy State Cheese 235 32 -
WI DOT Wayside 4 Richfield 232 0 -
Tri City Golf Course LLC 200 1 -
Riveredge 200 8 -
Savory 200 5 -
Rudolph Elementary School 186 21 -
Avacados LLC 150 6 -
Marshfield Country Club 150 2 -
St Johns Lutheran Church 150 0 -
Nasonville Dairy 145 12 -
YMCA Camp Alexander 3 Lester 100 0 -
YMCA Camp Alexander 1 Shower Bldg 100 1 -
Wiskerchen Cheese LLC 100 65 -
Lake Aire Supper Club 100 1 -
Marshfield Speedway 100 8 -
Bethany Lutheran Church 100 0 -
Express Lane 100 1 -
Dexter Co Park 7 Ep 3rd Loop Cmpgd 100 1 -
Dexter Co Park 6 Hp 2nd Loop Cmpgd 100 1 -
Dexter Co Park 10 & 12 Shower Bldg 100 2 -
Dexter Co Park 4 Beach House 100 1 -
Dexter Co Park 3 Hp 2nd Overflow 100 2 -
Dexter Co Park 2 1st Overflow 100 11 -
Dexter Co Park 1 Shelter Ep 100 0 -
First Presbyterian Church 100 20 -
Bucks N Berries Cafe 100 1 -
St Philips Catholic Church 100 0 -
Outpost Ranch Ranch 100 1 -
Rstore #4500 100 2 -
Dexter Co Park 13 Shower Bldg 100 0 -

Compare beyond Wisconsin

Lower-flagged peers for Wood County

Cross-state counties nearest Wood County on flagged-system share (77.7%) and cumulative violation count (2,172). 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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