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Waupun Correctional Inst

On record as serving Waupun, Dodge County, WI · Serves 3,706 people

Federal records show 6 health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Waupun Correctional Inst in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Combined Radium (-226 and -228) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • WI1140142
  • MADISON
  • WI
  • 3,706 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 53704
EPA system ID WI1140142

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
6
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
6
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Waupun Correctional Inst draws water from 2 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), 5.9225 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit), 2019.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Wisconsin, May 2023.
  • Record on file since 2009, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 47 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.65 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.52 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Oct 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.52 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Jul 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.92 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 340 Apr 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 340 Jan 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.9225 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 340 Oct 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 8, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 8, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2012 Active

Full record since 2009

EPA's records for Waupun Correctional Inst go back to 2009. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 5 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2009, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Wisconsin regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Waupun Correctional Inst between 2021 and 2023, filed as 12 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 23, 2023 Wisconsin Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Feb 9, 2023 Wisconsin Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Apr 16, 2021 Wisconsin Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

What the violations mean

Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

6 incidents

Test results for Combined Radium (-226 and -228) were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

Waupun Correctional Inst draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Waupun Correctional Inst must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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