Ripon Water Utility, WI Water Quality
Ripon Water Utility: EPA violation history, explained
Ripon Water Utility 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: 7,716, over 3,075 connections.
Ripon Water Utility's record against the rest of the country
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put Ripon Water Utility at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,724 of 12,903.
Against the WI average
Among the 259 WI systems in this dataset, the average is 5.4 health-based violations - Ripon Water Utility's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Ripon Water Utility's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
Ripon Water Utility'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 Revisions
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Ripon Water Utility's record does not cover
This is what Ripon Water Utility 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.