APPLETON WATERWORKS: EPA violation history, explained
APPLETON WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 74,511, over 25,221 connections.
How this compares nationally
36 total violations and 1 health-based ones put APPLETON WATERWORKS at the 41th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,572 of 12,903.
Against the WI average
APPLETON WATERWORKS's 1 health-based violations sit within the WI average of 3.6, across 202 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
APPLETON WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
APPLETON WATERWORKS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What APPLETON WATERWORKS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is APPLETON WATERWORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for APPLETON WATERWORKS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.