Barron Light & Water Dept, WI Water Quality
What's in Barron Light & Water Dept's water?
Barron Light & Water Dept has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,423, over 1,364 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Barron Light & Water Dept ranks 7,275th by violation burden (44th percentile) - 88 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the WI average
WI's 259 covered systems average 5.4 health-based violations each; Barron Light & Water Dept carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Barron Light & Water Dept's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
Barron Light & Water Dept'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: Vinyl chloride
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 Barron Light & Water Dept's record does not cover
Barron Light & Water Dept's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for Barron Light & Water Dept - 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.