Community Water System · PWSID WI4690393

Embarrass Waterworks

Serves 347 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentEmbarrass, Wisconsin

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On record since 1996: 133 violations. 1 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 131 missed or late tests. Most recent began 2024-01-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

1Over the limit

1Treatment lapse

131Missed or late test

0Notice or report

More violations on record than 99% of active water systems in Wisconsin. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

One square ≈ 7 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.

<1% over the limit · 1<1% treatment lapse · 198% missed or late test · 131

Across Wisconsin, 54% of violations are missed or late tests and 5% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

8.8 ppb

8.3 ppb

7 ppb

6.4 ppb

Every violation on record

2024-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
2023-01-01Bhc-Gamma ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Pentachlorophenol ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Hexachlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-012, 4, 5-Tp ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-012, 4-D ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Heptachlor epoxide ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Heptachlor ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Lasso ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Atrazine ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Carbofuran ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Hexachlorocyclopentadiene ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Dinoseb ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Picloram ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Simazine ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Oxamyl ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Glyphosate ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Endothall ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Diquat ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Dalapon ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Toxaphene ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Methoxychlor ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Chlordane ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Endrin ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01NitriteMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file

Show the other 63 entries

2023-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Sodium ×2Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2023-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2020-11-02DBP Stage 1Treatment Technique No Certif. OperatorBack in compliance
2020-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
2020-01-011,1,1-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Toluene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-011,1-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Styrene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Ethylbenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Benzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Chlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Tetrachloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-011,1,2-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Trichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-011,2-Dichloropropane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Carbon tetrachloride ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-011,2-Dichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Vinyl chloride ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01p-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01o-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Xylenes, Total ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-011,2,4-Trichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Dichloromethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2020-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
2017-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
2015-10-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 10.62 MG/L · limit 10.50 MG/LBack in compliance
2014-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
1996-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served	347
Service connections	128
Water source	Groundwater
System type	Community Water System
Owner	Local Government
Status	Active
City	Embarrass
EPA ZIP on file	54933

Areas served

Embarrass, Waupaca County

Reading this record

Embarrass Waterworks is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 347 people in Embarrass, Wisconsin. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.