Public water system · WI6480372
ActivePlum City Care Center Nursing Home
At a glance
Plum City Care Center Nursing Home (PWSID WI6480372) is an active community water system in Pierce County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 120 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2023.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
120
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Plum City Care Center Nursing Home compare with other water systems in Pierce County?
By EPA's size categories, Plum City Care Center Nursing Home is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pierce County has 95 active public water systems. Its population served is about 65% below the county average of 341 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Plum City Care Center Nursing Home is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Wisconsin has 1,053 active community water systems, 9.5% 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 Plum City Care Center Nursing Home?
EPA lists Plum City Care Center Nursing Home 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 Plum City Care Center Nursing Home have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2023. The violations listed here began between January 1993 and January 2023. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 2013-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 2010-10-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2009-04-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2009-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2000-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1993-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
All 9 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.
Plum City Care Center Nursing Home: frequently asked questions
Who runs Plum City Care Center Nursing Home?
Plum City Care Center Nursing Home (PWSID WI6480372) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Plum City Care Center Nursing Home serve?
Plum City Care Center Nursing Home reports serving 120 people through 1 service connection in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Where does Plum City Care Center Nursing Home 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 Plum City Care Center Nursing Home have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2023. 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 Plum City Care Center Nursing Home'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2023. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Plum City Care Center Nursing Home's water quality report?
As a community water system, Plum City Care Center Nursing Home must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
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, “Plum City Care Center Nursing Home, PWSID WI6480372, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/plum-city-care-center-nursing-home-wi6480372 (data as of October 1, 2026).