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Community Water System · PWS WI7720113

Port Edwards Water Utility

Operator location Port Edwards, Wisconsin - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 130 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,866 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,866
People served (this PWS)
130
EPA violations (this PWS)
10
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Port Edwards Water Utility standing, high SDWIS violation third

130 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 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,162 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Port Edwards Water Utility sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (130), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,866 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#14,162 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#281 of 744
Population · WI
130
Total EPA violations on record
8%
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
845
County
Wood
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
10
Monitoring Violations
110
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 15 2010
Coliform (TCR) MCL 10 2013
Lead and Copper Rule MR 5 2021
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2004
Xylenes, Total MR 4 2004
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 2004
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2004
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2004
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2004
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 2004
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 2004
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 2004
Trichloroethylene MR 4 2004
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2004
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2004
Ethylbenzene MR 4 2004
Styrene MR 4 2004
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2008
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 2004
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2004
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2004
Benzene MR 4 2004
Toluene MR 4 2004
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 2004
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2004
Chlorine MR 3 2010
Public Notice Other 3 2010
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 3 2001

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Port Edwards Water Utility has 130 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 130), and it ranks #14,162 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)

130 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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 Port Edwards Water Utility

130 violations on record for WI7720113; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Wisconsin DNR, Drinking Water and Groundwater

Nationwide peers

130 violations · 1,866 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Port Edwards Water Utility

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater