Wisconsin Real-Time Water Quality

Overview

The presence of fecal coliform bacteria in surface water indicates fecal contamination by warm-blooded mammals and possibly indicates the presence of other organisms that could cause disease.

Water-quality standards and criteria are developed by the States, approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and then promulgated (passed into law) as standards by each State. Graphs on this website allow comparison of measured and computed data to these standards and criteria by plotting them as straight lines. When evaluating data to decide whether water quality is suitable for the intended use, viewers are cautioned to consider the uncertainty associated with these computed data.

Water-quality Standards and Criteria

Warm Water Criteria, NR-105, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: 200 col/100mL

Count per 100ml

Stations That Measure or Compute Continuous Fecal coliform bacteria

Click a station to view measurements of fecal coliform bacteria.

Station Name	Station Identifier
Menomonee River at Menomonee Falls, WI	04087030
Little Menomonee River near Freistadt, WI	04087050
Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, WI	04087088
Honey Creek at Wauwatosa, WI	04087119
Menomonee River at Wauwatosa, WI	04087120
Menomonee River at 16th Street at Milwaukee, WI	04087142