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Charlies Lakeside Country Store

At a glance

Charlies Lakeside Country Store (PWSID WI1570375) is an active transient non-community water system in Sauk County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 53 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2002.

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

Population served

53

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWI1570375
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served53
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program
City servedMerrimac
StateWisconsin
ZIP—
CountySauk County

How does Charlies Lakeside Country Store compare with other water systems in Sauk County?

By EPA's size categories, Charlies Lakeside Country Store is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Sauk County has 199 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 342 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 68,062 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 Charlies Lakeside Country Store is about 63% 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 Charlies Lakeside Country Store?

EPA lists Charlies Lakeside Country Store 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. 154 of the 199 active systems in Sauk County (77%) are also privately owned.

Does Charlies Lakeside Country Store have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2002. The violations listed here began between January 1998 and January 2002. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (2 of them). EPA lists 5 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
2002-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2002-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2001-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitritecode 1041NoResolved
2001-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1998-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitritecode 1041NoResolved

All 5 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.

Charlies Lakeside Country Store: frequently asked questions

Who runs Charlies Lakeside Country Store?

Charlies Lakeside Country Store (PWSID WI1570375) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Charlies Lakeside Country Store serve?

Charlies Lakeside Country Store reports serving 53 people through 1 service connection in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Where does Charlies Lakeside Country Store 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 Charlies Lakeside Country Store have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2002. 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 Charlies Lakeside Country Store'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 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2002. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Charlies Lakeside Country Store's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Charlies Lakeside Country Store 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 Sauk County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Baraboo WaterworksSauk12,703CommunityGroundwater
Reedsburg WaterworksSauk9,984CommunityGroundwater
Ho Chunk CasinoSauk5,486Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Prairie Du Sac WaterworksSauk4,006CommunityGroundwater
Sauk City WaterworksSauk3,518CommunityGroundwater
Lake Delton WaterworksSauk2,914CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Charlies Lakeside Country Store, PWSID WI1570375, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/charlies-lakeside-country-store-wi1570375 (data as of October 1, 2026).