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Robins Nest Restaurant

At a glance

Robins Nest Restaurant (PWSID WI8580705) is an active transient non-community water system in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 110 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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2001.

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

Population served

110

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWI8580705
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served110
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program
City servedHayward
StateWisconsin
ZIP—
CountySawyer County

How does Robins Nest Restaurant compare with other water systems in Sawyer County?

By EPA's size categories, Robins Nest Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Sawyer County has 191 active public water systems. Its population served is about 57% above the county average of 70 people per system, and accounts for 0.8% of the 13,417 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 Robins Nest Restaurant is about 24% 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 Robins Nest Restaurant?

EPA lists Robins Nest Restaurant 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. 175 of the 191 active systems in Sawyer County (92%) are also privately owned.

Does Robins Nest Restaurant have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2001. The violations listed here began between January 1994 and October 2001. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (4 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2001-10-11Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2001-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1998-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1998-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1996-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1996-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1994-01-05Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

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.

Robins Nest Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Robins Nest Restaurant?

Robins Nest Restaurant (PWSID WI8580705) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Robins Nest Restaurant serve?

Robins Nest Restaurant reports serving 110 people through 1 service connection in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.

Where does Robins Nest Restaurant 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 Robins Nest Restaurant have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2001. 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 Robins Nest Restaurant'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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2001. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Robins Nest Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Robins Nest Restaurant 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 Sawyer County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Hayward Water UtilitySawyer2,552CommunityGroundwater
Winter WaterworksSawyer344CommunityGroundwater
Grand Pines MotelSawyer300Transient non-communityGroundwater
Nelson Lake Lodge OfficeSawyer300Transient non-communityGroundwater
Big Bear LodgeSawyer250Transient non-communityGroundwater
Dock theSawyer250Transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Robins Nest Restaurant, PWSID WI8580705, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/robins-nest-restaurant-wi8580705 (data as of October 1, 2026).