Community Water System · PWS WI2680197
Dousman Water Utility
Operator location Dousman, Wisconsin - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 129 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,350 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,350
- People served (this PWS)
- 129
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Dousman Water Utility standing, high SDWIS violation third
129 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,428 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Dousman Water Utility sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (129), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,350 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,428 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #243 of 744
- Population · WI
- 129
- Total EPA violations on record
- 9%
- 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
- 870
- County
- Waukesha
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 11
- Monitoring Violations
- 108
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 21 | 2014 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 20 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2014 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 10 | 2014 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2007 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Dousman Water Utility has 129 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 129), and it ranks #12,428 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)
129 Higher than most more violations than 78% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Dousman Water Utility
129 violations on record for WI2680197; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Nationwide peers
129 violations · 2,350 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Dousman Water Utility
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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