Is WESTBY WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
WESTBY WATERWORKS 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: 2,400, over 905 connections.
WESTBY WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
8 total violations and 3 health-based ones put WESTBY WATERWORKS at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,409 of 12,903.
How WESTBY WATERWORKS compares within WI
WI's 202 covered systems average 3.6 health-based violations each; WESTBY WATERWORKS carries 3, not more than typical for the state. 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 WESTBY WATERWORKS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WESTBY 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 REVISIONS
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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
WESTBY WATERWORKS'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. Between the utility's meter and WESTBY WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,409th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.