Question 1

Is Laurel Lakes 508 water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Laurel Lakes 508 (PWS ID: WI2460150) has 176 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 50 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Laurel Lakes 508 serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Laurel Lakes 508 serves 50 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Milwaukee or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 4 service connections. The operator address is listed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Question 3

What type of violations does Laurel Lakes 508 have?

Accepted Answer

Laurel Lakes 508 has 176 total violations: 12 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 155 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Laurel Lakes 508 water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Laurel Lakes 508 under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Laurel Lakes 508 use?

Accepted Answer

Laurel Lakes 508 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 Laurel Lakes 508's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Laurel Lakes 508 has 176 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 16% 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 Laurel Lakes 508. 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)	MCL	12	2006
Arsenic	MR	11	1995
Barium	MR	11	1995
Cadmium	MR	11	1995
Chromium	MR	11	1995
Nitrite	MR	11	1995
Selenium	MR	11	1995
Fluoride	MR	11	1995
Mercury	MR	11	1995
Nitrate	MR	7	1994
Nitrate-Nitrite	MR	6	1994
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	5	2012
Coliform (TCR)	MR	5	1993
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	5	1994
Toluene	MR	2	1994
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	1994
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	1994
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	1994
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	1994
Benzene	MR	2	1994
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	1994
Styrene	MR	2	1994
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	1994
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	1994
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	1994
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	2	2012

Laurel Lakes 508

Laurel Lakes 508 standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Laurel Lakes 508

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load