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Menomonee Falls WW - Surface Water

Serves Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, WI · 23,867 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Menomonee Falls WW - Surface Water in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • WI2680082
  • MENOMONEE FALLS
  • WI
  • 23,867 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 53051
EPA system ID WI2680082

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Menomonee Falls WW - Surface Water buys its water from Milwaukee Waterworks.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 4 lead and 0 unknown out of 10,343 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Nov 26, 2016 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Nov 26, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Menomonee Falls WW - Surface Water go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 35 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 5 32
2000s 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, began April 1999, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1999 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1999 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1998 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1998 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1996 Resolved

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Menomonee Falls WW - Surface Water buys its water from Milwaukee Waterworks. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Menomonee Falls WW - Surface Water 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.

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