Public water system · WI6560675
ActiveMeisters Cedar Lake
At a glance
Meisters Cedar Lake (PWSID WI6560675) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 75 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2003.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
75
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Meisters Cedar Lake compare with other water systems in St. Croix County?
By EPA's size categories, Meisters Cedar Lake is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Croix County has 165 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 349 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 57,590 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 Meisters Cedar Lake is about half of 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 Meisters Cedar Lake?
EPA lists Meisters Cedar Lake 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. 132 of the 165 active systems in St. Croix County (80%) are also privately owned.
Does Meisters Cedar Lake have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2003. The violations listed here began between July 1994 and April 2003. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (5 of them). EPA lists 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2002-11-01 | 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, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 1994-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1994-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
All 7 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.
Meisters Cedar Lake: frequently asked questions
Who runs Meisters Cedar Lake?
Meisters Cedar Lake (PWSID WI6560675) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Meisters Cedar Lake serve?
Meisters Cedar Lake reports serving 75 people through 1 service connection in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
Where does Meisters Cedar Lake 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 Meisters Cedar Lake have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2003. 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 Meisters Cedar Lake'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 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2003. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Meisters Cedar Lake's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Meisters Cedar Lake 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 St. Croix County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Waterworks | St. Croix | 18,558 | Community | Groundwater |
| New Richmond Waterworks | St. Croix | 10,824 | Community | Groundwater |
| Baldwin Waterworks | St. Croix | 4,440 | Community | Groundwater |
| Somerset Waterworks | St. Croix | 3,334 | Community | Groundwater |
| Hammond Waterworks | St. Croix | 1,884 | Community | Groundwater |
| Roberts Waterworks | St. Croix | 1,872 | Community | Groundwater |
Related pages
Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.
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, “Meisters Cedar Lake, PWSID WI6560675, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/meisters-cedar-lake-wi6560675 (data as of October 1, 2026).