Public water system · WI1220233
ActiveCottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet
At a glance
Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet (PWSID WI1220233) is an active transient non-community water system in Grant County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2012.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet compare with other water systems in Grant County?
By EPA's size categories, Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Grant County has 90 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 463 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 41,674 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 Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet is well 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 Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet?
EPA lists Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet 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. 54 of the 90 active systems in Grant County (60%) are also privately owned.
Does Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2012. The violations listed here began between January 1995 and November 2012. By type: 5 contaminant level above the legal limit, 4 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (7 of them). EPA lists 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2012-10-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2012-09-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2009-09-30 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2009-09-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2002-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1998-07-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
All 10 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.
Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet: frequently asked questions
Who runs Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet?
Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet (PWSID WI1220233) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet serve?
Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Grant County, Wisconsin.
Where does Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet 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 Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2012. 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 Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet'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 10 violations for this system; 5 are health-based, and the most recent began in November 2012. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet 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 Grant County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platteville Waterworks | Grant | 12,268 | Community | Groundwater |
| Lancaster Waterworks | Grant | 3,907 | Community | Groundwater |
| Boscobel Waterworks | Grant | 3,237 | Community | Groundwater |
| Fennimore Waterworks | Grant | 2,507 | Community | Groundwater |
| Cuba City Waterworks | Grant | 2,141 | Community | Groundwater |
| Muscoda Waterworks | Grant | 1,453 | 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, “Cottonwood Sports Bar & Banquet, PWSID WI1220233, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/cottonwood-sports-bar-banquet-wi1220233 (data as of October 1, 2026).