Public water system record
Franklin Water Utility
Serves Franklin, Milwaukee County, WI · 22,500 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Franklin Water Utility in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Franklin Water Utility buys its water from Oak Creek Waterworks.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Wisconsin, April 2004.
- Record on file since 1982, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 9,731 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1982
EPA's records for Franklin Water Utility go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (5 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 43 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4 | 0 |
| 1990s | 5 | 14 |
| 2000s | 0 | 29 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, began January 1999, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1983 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1982 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 12, 1982 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Wisconsin regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Franklin Water Utility and issued 1 boil water order between 1992 and 2004, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2004 | Wisconsin | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations (3 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Oct 26, 1992 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Franklin Water Utility buys its water from Oak Creek Waterworks. EPA also lists 1 well, all for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use.
Buys water from
- Oak Creek Waterworks Oak Creek, WI
Annual water quality report
Franklin 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.
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