Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS WI4390443
WI DOT Rest Area 81 Southbound
Operator location Madison, Wisconsin - 62% of 81 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,400 served per SDWIS.
- 1,400
- People served (this PWS)
- 81
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 50
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
WI DOT Rest Area 81 Southbound standing, high SDWIS violation third
62% of 81 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 62% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,617 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
WI DOT Rest Area 81 Southbound sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (81), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,400 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 62% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,617 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #342 of 744
- Population · WI
- 81
- Total EPA violations on record
- 62%
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- State
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Marquette
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 50
- Monitoring Violations
- 26
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 50 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 22 | 2010 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
WI DOT Rest Area 81 Southbound has 81 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 62% of this system's own violations are health-based (50 of 81), and it ranks #16,617 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)
81 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on WI DOT Rest Area 81 Southbound
50 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WI4390443.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Nationwide peers
81 violations · 1,400 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 WI DOT Rest Area 81 Southbound
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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