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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS WI8660613

Rut

Operator location Sarona, Wisconsin - 40% of 45 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 25 served per SDWIS.

25
People served (this PWS)
45
EPA violations (this PWS)
18
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Rut standing, mid SDWIS violation third

40% of 45 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 40% is upper-third health share (> 23%).

The verdict

Rut lands in the middle third by violation volume (45), 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 40% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

45
Total EPA violations on record
40%
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
25/100
Rut

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
18
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations D
27
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
Private
Connections
1
County
Washburn
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
18
Monitoring Violations
24
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 18 2010
Coliform (TCR) MR 11 2010
E. COLI MR 7 2010
Nitrate MR 6 2000
Public Notice Other 3 2010

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Rut has 45 recorded EPA violations, 54% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 46% carry more. 40% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 45), 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)

45 Around the middle fewer violations than 46% 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

Rut 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 Rut

18 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for WI8660613.

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

Nationwide peers

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

What to do with Rut

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