Community Water System · PWS WI4050468
Howard Waterworks
Operator location Green Bay, Wisconsin - 72% of 86 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 21,133 served per SDWIS.
- 21,133
- People served (this PWS)
- 86
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 62
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Howard Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third
72% of 86 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 72% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #2,591 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Howard Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (86), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (21,133; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 72% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #2,591 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #37 of 744
- Population · WI
- 86
- Total EPA violations on record
- 72%
- 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
- 7,827
- County
- Brown
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 56
- Monitoring Violations
- 12
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 6
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 27 | 2001 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 26 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2011 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 4 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2019 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 3 | 2005 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 1992 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 2 | 1994 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 2 | 1994 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Howard Waterworks has 86 recorded EPA violations, 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 30% carry more. 72% of this system's own violations are health-based (62 of 86), and it ranks #2,591 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)
86 Around the middle fewer violations than 30% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOS | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/12/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/12/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/12/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/12/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/12/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/12/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/12/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/12/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/12/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/12/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Howard Waterworks
62 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WI4050468.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Nationwide peers
86 violations · 21,133 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Howard 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
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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.