Public water system record
Spooner Waterworks
Serves Spooner, Washburn County, WI · 2,653 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Spooner 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
- 4
Key facts
- Spooner Waterworks draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Wisconsin, December 2005.
- Record on file since 1993, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 520 unknown out of 1,328 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, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Spooner Waterworks go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 0 |
| 2000s | 6 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2005, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Wisconsin regulators issued 6 boil water orders to Spooner Waterworks between 1996 and 2005. The most recent was a boil water order in December 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2005 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 6, 2003 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 13, 2002 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 8, 2002 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 15, 1999 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 13, 1996 | Wisconsin | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Spooner Waterworks draws water from 2 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Spooner Waterworks.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Beaver Brook Sanitary District Spooner, WI
Annual water quality report
Spooner 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.
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