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Shady Rest Lodge

At a glance

Shady Rest Lodge (PWSID WI7441051) is an active transient non-community water system in Oneida 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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019.

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

PWSIDWI7441051
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served25
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyWI state drinking water program
City servedRhinelander
StateWisconsin
ZIP—
CountyOneida County

How does Shady Rest Lodge compare with other water systems in Oneida County?

By EPA's size categories, Shady Rest Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Oneida County has 345 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 117 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 40,498 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 Shady Rest Lodge 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 Shady Rest Lodge?

EPA lists Shady Rest Lodge 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. 299 of the 345 active systems in Oneida County (87%) are also privately owned.

Does Shady Rest Lodge have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019. The violations listed here began between April 1998 and April 2019. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (3 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2019-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2019-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1998-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

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.

Shady Rest Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Shady Rest Lodge?

Shady Rest Lodge (PWSID WI7441051) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WI state drinking water program.

How many people does Shady Rest Lodge serve?

Shady Rest Lodge reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Oneida County, Wisconsin.

Where does Shady Rest Lodge 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 Shady Rest Lodge have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019. 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 Shady Rest Lodge'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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2019. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WI state drinking water program.

Where can I find Shady Rest Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Shady Rest Lodge 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 Oneida County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Rhinelander Water & WastewaterOneida8,234CommunityGroundwater
Lakeland Sanitary Dist 1Oneida2,381CommunityGroundwater
Minocqua Hazelhurst Elem SchOneida650Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Three Lakes Sanitary DistrictOneida500CommunityGroundwater
Scouting America Camp Tesomas Program Center and Dining HallOneida500Transient non-communityGroundwater
Wi Dnr Clear Lk Cmpgd 10Oneida450Transient 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, “Shady Rest Lodge, PWSID WI7441051, Wisconsin”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wisconsin/shady-rest-lodge-wi7441051 (data as of October 1, 2026).