Public water system · WI4691028
ActiveBear Creek Travel Plaza
At a glance
Bear Creek Travel Plaza (PWSID WI4691028) is an active transient non-community water system in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2007.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
100
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Bear Creek Travel Plaza compare with other water systems in Waupaca County?
By EPA's size categories, Bear Creek Travel Plaza is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Waupaca County has 207 active public water systems. Its population served is about 43% below the county average of 175 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 36,146 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Wisconsin, the 11,056 active systems average 469 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Bear Creek Travel Plaza is about 31% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Wisconsin has 9,112 active transient non-community water systems, 82% 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 Bear Creek Travel Plaza?
EPA lists Bear Creek Travel Plaza 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. 178 of the 207 active systems in Waupaca County (86%) are also privately owned.
Does Bear Creek Travel Plaza have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2007. The violations listed here began between January 2003 and January 2007. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (3 of them). EPA lists 8 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-12-07 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-12-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-11-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-11-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-09-21 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-01-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02 | Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2003-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
All 8 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.
Bear Creek Travel Plaza: frequently asked questions
Who runs Bear Creek Travel Plaza?
Bear Creek Travel Plaza (PWSID WI4691028) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Bear Creek Travel Plaza serve?
Bear Creek Travel Plaza reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
Where does Bear Creek Travel Plaza 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 Bear Creek Travel Plaza have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2007. 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 Bear Creek Travel Plaza'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. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2007. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Bear Creek Travel Plaza's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Bear Creek Travel Plaza is a 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 Waupaca County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New London Waterworks | Waupaca | 7,187 | Community | Groundwater |
| Waupaca Waterworks | Waupaca | 6,062 | Community | Groundwater |
| Clintonville Utilities | Waupaca | 4,635 | Community | Groundwater |
| Weyauwega Waterworks | Waupaca | 1,820 | Community | Groundwater |
| Manawa Waterworks | Waupaca | 1,300 | Community | Groundwater |
| Marion Waterworks | Waupaca | 1,293 | Community | Groundwater |
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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, “Bear Creek Travel Plaza, PWSID WI4691028, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/bear-creek-travel-plaza-wi4691028 (data as of October 1, 2026).