Public water system record
Brown Deer Waterworks
Serves Brown Deer and Bayside, Milwaukee County, WI · 12,741 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Brown Deer Waterworks 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
- 3
Key facts
- Brown Deer Waterworks buys its water from Milwaukee Waterworks.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Wisconsin, June 1994.
- Record on file since 1991, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 3,682 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chloramine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Brown Deer Waterworks go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 11 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2011, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Wisconsin regulators issued 1 boil water order to Brown Deer Waterworks in 1994. The most recent was a boil water order in June 1994.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1994 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Brown Deer Waterworks buys its water from Milwaukee Waterworks. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Milwaukee Waterworks Milwaukee, WI
Annual water quality report
Brown Deer 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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