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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS WI8610358

U S F S Glacial Spring

Operator location Park Falls, Wisconsin - 84% of 38 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 25 served per SDWIS.

25
People served (this PWS)
38
EPA violations (this PWS)
32
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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U S F S Glacial Spring standing, mid SDWIS violation third

84% of 38 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 84% is upper-third health share (> 23%).

The verdict

U S F S Glacial Spring lands in the middle third by violation volume (38), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (25; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 84% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

38
Total EPA violations on record
84%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
25
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
27/100
U S F S Glacial Spring

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
32
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations B
6
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Federal
Connections
1
County
Taylor
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
28
Monitoring Violations
6
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 28 2013
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 4 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 1997

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

U S F S Glacial Spring has 38 recorded EPA violations, 49% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 84% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 38), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

38 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

U S F S Glacial Spring plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on U S F S Glacial Spring

32 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WI8610358.

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

Nationwide peers

38 violations · 25 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with U S F S Glacial Spring

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

  • See how every tracked system in Wisconsin compares on the same EPA violation measures. Wisconsin systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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