Public water system record
Somers Water Utility
Serves Somers, Kenosha County, WI · 1,930 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Somers Water Utility in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 11
Key facts
- Somers Water Utility buys its water from Kenosha Water Utility.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Wisconsin, October 2009.
- Record on file since 1994, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,305 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
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.
|
|
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.
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Somers Water Utility go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 27 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 16 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2009, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2009 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Wisconsin regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Somers Water Utility and issued 1 boil water order in 2009. The most recent was a boil water order in October 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2009 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jun 8, 2009 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Somers Water Utility buys its water from Kenosha Water Utility. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Somers Water Utility.
Buys water from
- Kenosha Water Utility Kenosha, WI
Community systems that buy water from it
- Racine Waterworks Racine, WI
Annual water quality report
Somers Water Utility 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Wisconsin.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells