Steel Oak Campground - Pond Well

How does Steel Oak Campground - Pond Well compare with other water systems in Sauk County?

By EPA's size categories, Steel Oak Campground - Pond Well is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Sauk County has 199 active public water systems. Its population served is about 56% below the county average of 342 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 68,062 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 Steel Oak Campground - Pond Well is roughly in line with 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 Steel Oak Campground - Pond Well?

EPA lists Steel Oak Campground - Pond Well 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. 154 of the 199 active systems in Sauk County (77%) are also privately owned.