Public water system · WI4380677

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Rustic the

At a glance

Rustic the (PWSID WI4380677) is an active transient non-community water system in Marinette County, Wisconsin. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.

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

PWSIDWI4380677

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program

City servedSilver Cliff Tn

StateWisconsin

ZIP—

CountyMarinette County

How does Rustic the compare with other water systems in Marinette County?

By EPA's size categories, Rustic the is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Marinette County has 191 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 141 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 26,830 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 Rustic the is well 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 Rustic the?

EPA lists Rustic the 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. 159 of the 191 active systems in Marinette County (83%) are also privately owned.

Does Rustic the have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between January 1994 and January 2025. By type: 4 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting and 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved, 2 as archived and 1 as unaddressed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2023-10-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-10-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2020-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
1994-01-12	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

All 8 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.

Rustic the: frequently asked questions

Who runs Rustic the?

Rustic the (PWSID WI4380677) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Rustic the serve?

Rustic the reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Marinette County, Wisconsin.

Where does Rustic the 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 Rustic the have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. 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 Rustic the'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 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Rustic the's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Rustic the 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 Marinette County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Marinette Waterworks	Marinette	10,968	Community	Surface water
Peshtigo Waterworks	Marinette	3,420	Community	Groundwater
Niagara Waterworks	Marinette	1,561	Community	Groundwater
Crivitz Waterworks	Marinette	1,026	Community	Groundwater
Coleman Waterworks	Marinette	727	Community	Groundwater
Wausaukee Waterworks	Marinette	585	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, “Rustic the, PWSID WI4380677, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/rustic-the-wi4380677 (data as of October 1, 2026).