DrinkingWaterCheck

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 202 covered systems average 3.6 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:

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.