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Radium-228 violations in Wisconsin

22 active public water systems in Wisconsin had a Radium-228 violation in the past three years, 7 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Radium-228 is and why it matters.

Health effects: Radium-228 accumulates in bone and delivers a beta radiation dose internally, increasing the risk of bone cancer over time. It also decays to radon-220 and other short-lived isotopes, contributing additional radiation dose. As with all radionuclides there is no established safe threshold — any exposure carries some incremental cancer risk.

Systems with a Radium-228 violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Verona Waterworks
Verona · Dane County
14,030 3 1
Pewaukee Village Waterworks
Pewaukee · Waukesha County
8,166 2 1
Evansville Waterworks
Evansville · Rock County
5,703 2 0
Medford Waterworks
Medford · Taylor County
4,318 2 0
Southern Wisconsin Center
Union Grove · Racine County
950 4 0
Argyle Waterworks
Argyle · Lafayette County
823 2 0
Wheeler Waterworks Assoc
Wheeler · Dunn County
317 5 2
Brookfield Water Utility
Brookfield · Waukesha County
29,070 2 0
North Fond DU Lac Waterworks
North Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac County
5,414 3 1
Amery Waterworks
Amery · Polk County
2,962 3 2
Augusta Waterworks
Augusta · Eau Claire County
1,450 8 0
Barneveld Waterworks
Barneveld · Iowa County
1,258 4 1
Eleva Waterworks
Eleva · Trempealeau County
635 10 0
Gresham Waterworks
Gresham · Shawano County
534 3 0
Readstown Waterworks
Readstown · Vernon County
395 3 0
Radisson Waterworks
Radisson · Sawyer County
241 7 1
Country Road Estates
Galesville · Trempealeau County
120 2 0
Ludwell Estates
Elkhorn · Walworth County
100 6 1
Wiota Sanitary District
South Wayne · Lafayette County
98 2 0
Marshview Terrace
Waupun · Dodge County
40 3 1
Spring Green Estates North
Spring Green · Sauk County
32 2 0
Keyes Lake Mobile Home Park
Florence · Florence County
30 5 3
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Radium-228, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Radium-228 alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Wisconsin records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.