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Browntown Waterworks

Serves Browntown, Green County, WI · 256 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 20 monitoring/reporting issues for Browntown Waterworks in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • WI1230077
  • BROWNTOWN
  • WI
  • 256 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 53522
EPA system ID WI1230077

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
20

Key facts

  • Browntown Waterworks draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Wisconsin, April 2015.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 135 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 210 May 2, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 1, 2024 Active
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2023 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Browntown Waterworks go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 3 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 7
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 2 15

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2014, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2005 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Wisconsin regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Browntown Waterworks and issued 1 boil water order between 2014 and 2015, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2015.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 14, 2015 Wisconsin Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Lead and Copper Rule
Dec 4, 2014 Wisconsin Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a treatment requirement of the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Byproducts form when disinfectants react with natural material in water. Long-term exposure above federal limits may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Browntown Waterworks draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Browntown Waterworks 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Browntown Waterworks for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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