Public water system · WI6480353
ActiveNestle Purina Pet Care Co
At a glance
Nestle Purina Pet Care Co (PWSID WI6480353) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Pierce County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 55 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 1995.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
55
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Nestle Purina Pet Care Co compare with other water systems in Pierce County?
By EPA's size categories, Nestle Purina Pet Care Co 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 non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Nestle Purina Pet Care Co is well below that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Wisconsin has 891 active non-transient non-community water systems, 8.1% 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 Nestle Purina Pet Care Co?
EPA lists Nestle Purina Pet Care Co 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 Nestle Purina Pet Care Co have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 1995. The violations listed here began between October 1991 and April 1995. By type: 1 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 1 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1991-10-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Archived |
All 2 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.
Nestle Purina Pet Care Co: frequently asked questions
Who runs Nestle Purina Pet Care Co?
Nestle Purina Pet Care Co (PWSID WI6480353) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Nestle Purina Pet Care Co serve?
Nestle Purina Pet Care Co reports serving 55 people through 1 service connection in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Where does Nestle Purina Pet Care Co 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 Nestle Purina Pet Care Co have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 1995. 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 Nestle Purina Pet Care Co'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 2 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 1995. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Nestle Purina Pet Care Co's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Nestle Purina Pet Care Co is a non-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, “Nestle Purina Pet Care Co, PWSID WI6480353, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/nestle-purina-pet-care-co-wi6480353 (data as of October 1, 2026).