Community Water System · PWS WI6030129
Chetek Waterworks
Operator location Chetek, Wisconsin - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 623 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,931 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,931
- People served (this PWS)
- 623
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 18
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Chetek Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third
623 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 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,923 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Chetek Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (623), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,931 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,923 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #273 of 744
- Population · WI
- 623
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 715
- County
- Barron
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 18
- Monitoring Violations
- 600
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 18 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2009 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Toluene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Benzene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Barium | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Cadmium | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Mercury | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Selenium | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Arsenic | MR | 10 | 1999 |
| Nitrite | MR | 10 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Chetek Waterworks has 623 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 623), and it ranks #13,923 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)
623 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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 Chetek Waterworks
623 violations on record for WI6030129; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Nationwide peers
623 violations · 1,931 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 Chetek Waterworks
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