Ladysmith Waterworks, WI Water Quality
Is Ladysmith Waterworks's water safe to drink?
Ladysmith 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: 3,184, over 1,179 connections.
Ladysmith Waterworks's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Ladysmith Waterworks ranks 1,466th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 28 violations total, 13 health-based.
Against the WI average
Among the 259 WI systems in this dataset, the average is 5.4 health-based violations - Ladysmith Waterworks's 13 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
Ladysmith Waterworks's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
Ladysmith 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Tetrachloroethylene
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Ladysmith Waterworks's record does not cover
This is what Ladysmith Waterworks reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and Ladysmith Waterworks's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,466th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.