Public water system · WI8660418
ActiveBirch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well
At a glance
Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well (PWSID WI8660418) is an active transient non-community water system in Washburn County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2005.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
300
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well compare with other water systems in Washburn County?
By EPA's size categories, Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Washburn County has 128 active public water systems, and Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 4 times the county average of 75 people per system, and accounts for 3.1% of the 9,565 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 Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well is about twice 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 Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well?
EPA lists Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well 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. 105 of the 128 active systems in Washburn County (82%) are also privately owned.
Does Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2005. The violations listed here began between April 1995 and August 2005. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminants or rules involved are Public Notice, Nitrate and Nitrite. EPA lists 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-08-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-06-17 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-04-15 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
All 3 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.
Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well: frequently asked questions
Who runs Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well?
Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well (PWSID WI8660418) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well serve?
Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection in Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Where does Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well 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 Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2005. 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 Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well'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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2005. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well 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 Washburn County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spooner Waterworks | Washburn | 2,653 | Community | Groundwater |
| Shell Lake Waterworks | Washburn | 950 | Community | Groundwater |
| Minong Waterworks | Washburn | 561 | Community | Groundwater |
| Birchwood Waterworks | Washburn | 442 | Community | Groundwater |
| Northwood School | Washburn | 350 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Friends of Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary Main Camp | Washburn | 275 | Transient non-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, “Birch Trail Camp for Girls Main Well, PWSID WI8660418, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/birch-trail-camp-for-girls-main-well-wi8660418 (data as of October 1, 2026).