St Francis Borgia Educational & Activity Center

How does St Francis Borgia Educational & Activity Center compare with other water systems in Ozaukee County?

By EPA's size categories, St Francis Borgia Educational & Activity Center is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Ozaukee County has 249 active public water systems. Its population served is about 13% above the county average of 371 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 92,392 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Wisconsin, the 11,056 active systems average 469 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so St Francis Borgia Educational & Activity Center is roughly in line with that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Wisconsin has 891 active non-transient non-community water systems, 8.1% 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 St Francis Borgia Educational & Activity Center?

EPA lists St Francis Borgia Educational & Activity Center 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. 218 of the 249 active systems in Ozaukee County (88%) are also privately owned.