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RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER: EPA violation history, explained

RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 8,234, over 3,553 connections.

RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER ranks 4,752th by violation burden (63th percentile) - 70 violations total, 3 health-baseds.

How RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER compares within WI

Among the 202 WI systems in this dataset, the average is 3.6 health-based violations - RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER'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 lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER'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 - 3 health-based violations on file for RHINELANDER WATER & WASTEWATER - 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.