Public water system · WI6480317

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Gas Lite

At a glance

Gas Lite (PWSID WI6480317) is an active transient non-community water system in Pierce County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2018.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWI6480317

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program

City servedEllsworth

StateWisconsin

ZIP—

CountyPierce County

How does Gas Lite compare with other water systems in Pierce County?

By EPA's size categories, Gas Lite is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pierce County has 95 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 341 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 32,378 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 Gas Lite is about 65% 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 Gas Lite?

EPA lists Gas Lite 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. 83 of the 95 active systems in Pierce County (87%) are also privately owned.

Does Gas Lite have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2018. The violations listed here began between September 2016 and February 2018. By type: 11 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (11 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2018-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-08-22	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Gas Lite: frequently asked questions

Who runs Gas Lite?

Gas Lite (PWSID WI6480317) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Gas Lite serve?

Gas Lite reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Where does Gas Lite 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 Gas Lite have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2018. 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 Gas Lite'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2018. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Gas Lite's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Gas Lite 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 Pierce County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
River Falls Waterworks	Pierce	16,000	Community	Groundwater
Prescott Waterworks	Pierce	4,258	Community	Groundwater
Ellsworth Waterworks	Pierce	3,304	Community	Groundwater
Spring Valley Waterworks	Pierce	1,409	Community	Groundwater
Elmwood Waterworks	Pierce	798	Community	Groundwater
Belle Ame Vineyard	Pierce	500	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, “Gas Lite, PWSID WI6480317, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/gas-lite-wi6480317 (data as of October 1, 2026).