Public water system · WI6170366
ActiveSand Creek Cafe & Bakery
At a glance
Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery (PWSID WI6170366) is an active transient non-community water system in Dunn 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 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2017.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery compare with other water systems in Dunn County?
By EPA's size categories, Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Dunn County has 86 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 305 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 26,187 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 Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery 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 Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery?
EPA lists Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery 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. 68 of the 86 active systems in Dunn County (79%) are also privately owned.
Does Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2017. The violations listed here began between January 1995 and April 2017. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (2 of them). EPA lists 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2016-01-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02 | Nitratecode 1040 | Yes | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
All 4 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.
Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery: frequently asked questions
Who runs Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery?
Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery (PWSID WI6170366) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.
How many people does Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery serve?
Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
Where does Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery 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 Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2017. 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 Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery'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 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2017. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery 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 Dunn County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonie Waterworks | Dunn | 15,950 | Community | Groundwater |
| Colfax Waterworks | Dunn | 1,102 | Community | Groundwater |
| Boyceville Waterworks | Dunn | 1,043 | Community | Groundwater |
| Elk Mound Waterworks | Dunn | 895 | Community | Groundwater |
| Birch Terrace Mobile Home Community | Dunn | 700 | Community | Groundwater |
| Knapp Waterworks | Dunn | 486 | 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, “Sand Creek Cafe & Bakery, PWSID WI6170366, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/sand-creek-cafe-bakery-wi6170366 (data as of October 1, 2026).