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Community Water System · PWS WI2520062

Racine Waterworks

Operator location Racine, Wisconsin - larger served population (> 3,309) at 105,100 people served; 67 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

105,100
People served (this PWS)
67
EPA violations (this PWS)
8
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Racine Waterworks standing, mid SDWIS violation third

105,100 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #462 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Racine Waterworks lands in the middle third by violation volume (67), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (105,100; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#462 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#4 of 744
Population · WI
67
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
38,925
County
Racine
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
38
Treatment Tech Violations
5

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 16 2004
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 8 2007
Coliform (TCR) MR 7 2002
Public Notice Other 6 2015
Lead and Copper Rule TT 5 2015
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 2000
Radium-228 MR 3 1999
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 3 1999
Radium-226 MR 3 1999
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 3 1999
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 3 1996

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Racine Waterworks has 67 recorded EPA violations, 64% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 36% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 67), and it ranks #462 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

67 Around the middle fewer violations than 36% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFDA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/11/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/11/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/11/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/11/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/11/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/11/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/11/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/11/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/11/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/18/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/18/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/18/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/18/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/18/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/18/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/18/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/18/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/18/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/18/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/18/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/18/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Population served record for Racine Waterworks

EPA SDWIS lists 105,100 people served and 38,925 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater

Nationwide peers

67 violations · 105,100 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Racine Waterworks

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Wisconsin compares on the same EPA violation measures. Wisconsin systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater