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Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System

At a glance

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System (PWSID WI1110826) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Columbia County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 145 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

145

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWI1110826
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served145
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program
City servedFriesland
StateWisconsin
ZIP—
CountyColumbia County

How does Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System compare with other water systems in Columbia County?

By EPA's size categories, Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Columbia County has 140 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 463 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 64,780 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Wisconsin, the 11,056 active systems average 469 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System is about 66% below that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Wisconsin has 891 active non-transient non-community water systems, 8.1% of the state's 11,056 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 10,978 Wisconsin systems (99%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System?

EPA lists Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System as privately owned. The WI state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 114 of the 140 active systems in Columbia County (81%) are also privately owned.

Does Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. The violations listed here began between January 2004 and April 2023. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting, 5 contaminant level above the legal limit, 1 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Arsenic (8 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2023-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Arseniccode 1005NoResolved
2022-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2021-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Arseniccode 1005NoResolved
2020-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Arseniccode 1005NoResolved
2019-10-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02Arseniccode 1005YesResolved
2019-08-02Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2019-07-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02Arseniccode 1005YesResolved
2019-04-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02Arseniccode 1005YesResolved
2017-04-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02Arseniccode 1005YesResolved
2016-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Arseniccode 1005NoResolved
2004-01-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02Nitratecode 1040YesResolved
2004-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first. Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System: frequently asked questions

Who runs Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System?

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System (PWSID WI1110826) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System serve?

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System reports serving 145 people through 1 service connection in Columbia County, Wisconsin.

Where does Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Columbia County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Portage WaterworksColumbia10,437CommunityGroundwater
Columbus UtilitiesColumbia5,173CommunityGroundwater
Wi Dot Rest Area 12 Dekorra West BoundColumbia3,255Transient non-communityGroundwater
Wisconsin Dells WaterworksColumbia3,232CommunityGroundwater
Lodi WaterworksColumbia3,146CommunityGroundwater
Poynette WaterworksColumbia2,520CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. Drinking Water System, PWSID WI1110826, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/alsum-farms-produce-inc-drinking-water-system-wi1110826 (data as of October 1, 2026).