Aspen Ridge, WI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.81 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Aspen Ridge at a glance
Aspen Ridge serves about 50 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ashland County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI8020382. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Aspen Ridge's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.92 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aspen Ridge is 66.65 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.81 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.92 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.95 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.49 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2018 | 66.65 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 7.15 ppb |
| 2016 | 12.6 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 53.65 ppb over 15 |
How Aspen Ridge compares
Of the 947 Wisconsin systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.33 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 71 have gone over at some point. Aspen Ridge's 0.81 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in Wisconsin and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Ashland County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aspen Ridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ashland Water Utility | 8,000 | 6.5 ppb |
| Glidden Sanitary District | 750 | 0.79 ppb |
| Mellen Water Utility | 731 | 4 ppb |
| Butternut Waterworks | 283 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Highbridge, WI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Highbridge, WI may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aspen Ridge whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1374.5 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.