Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area Wake Robin Pavilion

How does Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area Wake Robin Pavilion compare with other water systems in Bayfield County?

By EPA's size categories, Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area Wake Robin Pavilion is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Bayfield County has 194 active public water systems. Its population served is about half of the county average of 55 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 10,732 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 Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area Wake Robin Pavilion 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 Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area Wake Robin Pavilion?

EPA lists Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area Wake Robin Pavilion 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. 153 of the 194 active systems in Bayfield County (79%) are also privately owned.