Public water system record
New Berlin Water Utility
Serves New Berlin, Waukesha County, WI · 27,899 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for New Berlin 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
- 3
Key facts
- New Berlin Water Utility buys its water from Milwaukee Waterworks.
- Most recent formal enforcement: civil case concluded by Wisconsin, March 2010.
- Record on file since 1983, with 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 8,830 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 16, 2012 | Resolved |
Full record since 1983
EPA's records for New Berlin Water Utility go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 14 health-based violations (9 resolved, 5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 257 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3 | 0 |
| 1990s | 9 | 134 |
| 2000s | 2 | 120 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began January 2000, Resolved.
Show all 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 30 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (2 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 24 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (1.6 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 19 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (1.3 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 44 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (2.9 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 8.4 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.7 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 28 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (1.9 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 22, 1983 | Archived |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 22, 1983 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Wisconsin regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against New Berlin Water Utility and issued 1 boil water order between 1992 and 2010, filed as 16 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a civil case concluded in March 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2010 | Wisconsin | Civil case concluded | 7 violations (7 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Mar 16, 2004 | Wisconsin | Compliance order (no penalty) | 7 violations (7 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Mar 16, 2004 | Wisconsin | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Apr 10, 1992 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
New Berlin Water Utility 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
New Berlin 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