Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS WI4390541
WI DOT Rest Area 82 Northbound
Operator location Madison, Wisconsin - 26% of 39 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,350 served per SDWIS.
- 1,350
- People served (this PWS)
- 39
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
WI DOT Rest Area 82 Northbound standing, mid SDWIS violation third
26% of 39 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 26% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,872 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
WI DOT Rest Area 82 Northbound lands in the middle third by violation volume (39), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,350 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 26% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,872 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #349 of 744
- Population · WI
- 39
- Total EPA violations on record
- 26%
- 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
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 29
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 25 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 10 | 2007 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
WI DOT Rest Area 82 Northbound has 39 recorded EPA violations, 50% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 26% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 39), and it ranks #16,872 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)
39 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% 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 82 Northbound
10 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WI4390541.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Nationwide peers
39 violations · 1,350 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 82 Northbound
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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