Question 1

Is Prairie Apts 1 & 2 water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Prairie Apts 1 & 2 (PWS ID: WI2300486) has 167 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 150 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Prairie Apts 1 & 2 serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Prairie Apts 1 & 2 serves 150 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Kenosha or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 2 service connections. The operator address is listed in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Question 3

What type of violations does Prairie Apts 1 & 2 have?

Accepted Answer

Prairie Apts 1 & 2 has 167 total violations: 11 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 125 monitoring/reporting violations, and 11 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Prairie Apts 1 & 2 water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Prairie Apts 1 & 2 under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Prairie Apts 1 & 2 use?

Accepted Answer

Prairie Apts 1 & 2 uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does Prairie Apts 1 & 2's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Prairie Apts 1 & 2 has 167 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 17% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 83% of that cohort has fewer violations than Prairie Apts 1 & 2. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	17	2009
Public Notice	Other	17	2024
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	11	2015
Chlorine	MR	10	2009
Groundwater Rule	TT	10	2022
E. COLI	MR	7	2023
Nitrate	MR	6	1998
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	5	2016
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	5	2016
TTHM	MR	5	2016
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	4	2020
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	1994
Benzene	MR	2	1994
Arsenic	MR	2	1994
Cadmium	MR	2	1994
Mercury	MR	2	1994
Nitrate-Nitrite	MR	2	1994
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	1994
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	1994
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	1994
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1994
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	1994
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	1994
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	1994

Prairie Apts 1 & 2

Prairie Apts 1 & 2 standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Prairie Apts 1 & 2

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load