DrinkingWaterCheck

Is WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM's water safe to drink?

WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 20,000 people get their water from it, across 7,919 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

7 total violations and 3 health-based ones put WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,425 of 12,903.

How WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM compares within

WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM's 3 health-based violations sit within the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. 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 WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM is from 2014-01-01 (health-based: 2002-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM'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 microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what WIS RAPIDS WATER WORKS & LIGHTING COMM 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 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.