Community Water System · PWS WI6320309
La Crosse Waterworks
Operator location La Crosse, Wisconsin - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 73 violations and 53,000 people served.
- 53,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 73
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
La Crosse Waterworks standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,015 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
La Crosse Waterworks lands in the middle third by violation volume (73), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (53,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #1,015 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #12 of 744
- Population · WI
- 73
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 16,176
- County
- La Crosse
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 8
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 33 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 14 | 2019 |
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 2019 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 8 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
La Crosse Waterworks has 73 recorded EPA violations, 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 34% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 73), and it ranks #1,015 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)
73 Around the middle fewer violations than 34% 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. 32 of 580 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:2 FTS | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/6/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/6/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/6/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/6/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/6/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/6/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/6/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/6/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/24/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/24/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/24/2023 | 5.40 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/24/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/24/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for La Crosse Waterworks
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS WI6320309 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater
Nationwide peers
73 violations · 53,000 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with La Crosse Waterworks
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