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Wisconsin Tap Water Quality by City

EPA UCMR5 PFAS monitoring, MCL / guideline flags, and WaterCheckup grades for 2 cities in Wisconsin. "At Risk" means at least one UCMR analyte flagged above an EPA limit or a regulated PFAS violation on record for that system. "Monitor" means no such flag in UCMR data, but the city profile is medium or high concern. "Safe" means no exceedance flags and a low-concern city profile (still not a guarantee for every tap).

2
Cities tracked
2
At Risk
Exceeds EPA limit / violation
0
Safe
No flag, low profile
0
Monitor
No flag, watch profile
Highest PFAS reading in Wisconsin: Milwaukee280 ppt (70× the EPA limit for PFOA/PFOS)
TOP CONTAMINANTS IN WISCONSIN (UCMR5)

Five most common UCMR analytes with detections (>0) in our tracked Wisconsin cities — each city counted once per compound.

1.PFBA2 cities
2.PFHxS2 cities
3.PFPeA2 cities
4.PFOA2 cities
5.PFHxA2 cities
WISCONSIN CITIES BY POPULATION
CITYGRADECONTAMINANTS ABOVE LIMITPOPULATION
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Water Works
FAT RISK22 MCL violations590K
Madison
Madison Water Utility
FAT RISK22 MCL violations270K
COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN

County-level grades roll up every WaterCheckup city we map into the same county (via USPS city–county reference data).

Dane County1 city · Grade FMilwaukee County1 city · Grade F
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ABOUT WATER QUALITY IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin water quality varies by city and water system. UCMR5 reports PFAS and related analytes; the "above limit" column uses the EPA-limit flags bundled with each analyte in our dataset (same basis as city pages). Here, 2 of 2 tracked cities show at least one such flag or a regulated violation count.

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