Public water system · WI7500247
ActiveCountry Canteen
At a glance
Country Canteen (PWSID WI7500247) is an active transient non-community water system in Portage 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 4 violations for this system; all are health-based, and the most recent began in October 1984.
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 Country Canteen compare with other water systems in Portage County?
By EPA's size categories, Country Canteen is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Portage County has 148 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 340 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 50,348 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 Country Canteen 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 Country Canteen?
EPA lists Country Canteen 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. 113 of the 148 active systems in Portage County (76%) are also privately owned.
Does Country Canteen have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; all are health-based, and the most recent began in October 1984. The violations listed here began between July 1979 and October 1984. By type: 4 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (4 of them). EPA lists 3 as archived and 1 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-10-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02 | Nitratecode 1040 | Yes | Archived |
| 1982-10-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02 | Nitratecode 1040 | Yes | Archived |
| 1981-10-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02 | Nitratecode 1040 | Yes | Archived |
| 1979-07-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02 | Nitratecode 1040 | Yes | Resolved |
All 4 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.
Country Canteen: frequently asked questions
Who runs Country Canteen?
Country Canteen (PWSID WI7500247) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Country Canteen serve?
Country Canteen reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Portage County, Wisconsin.
Where does Country Canteen 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 Country Canteen have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; all are health-based, and the most recent began in October 1984. 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 Country Canteen'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 4 violations for this system; all are health-based, and the most recent began in October 1984. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Country Canteen's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Country Canteen 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 Portage County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Point Waterworks | Portage | 26,717 | Community | Groundwater |
| Plover Waterworks | Portage | 13,486 | Community | Groundwater |
| Whiting Waterworks | Portage | 1,743 | Community | Groundwater |
| Amherst Waterworks | Portage | 1,119 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mccain Foods USA | Portage | 450 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Almond-Bancroft Public Schools | Portage | 420 | Non-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, “Country Canteen, PWSID WI7500247, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/country-canteen-wi7500247 (data as of October 1, 2026).