Beaver Dam Water Utility, WI
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Beaver Dam Water Utility serves about 16,200 people through 6,000 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dodge County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI1140059. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.8 ppb from 8.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beaver Dam Water Utility is 11.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 8.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.2 ppb |
Against other Wisconsin systems
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. Beaver Dam Water Utility's 11.3 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Wisconsin and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Dodge County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Beaver Dam Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Waupun Utilities | 8,056 | 1.2 ppb |
| Mayville Waterworks | 5,112 | 3.3 ppb |
| Waupun Correctional Inst | 3,706 | 0.87 ppb |
| Horicon Waterworks | 3,682 | 3.2 ppb |
| Lomira Waterworks | 2,701 | 8.2 ppb |
| Juneau Waterworks | 2,627 | 2.7 ppb |
| Fox Lake Correctional Institution | 1,850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fox Lake Waterworks | 1,610 | 0.79 ppb |
| Theresa Waterworks | 1,262 | 0.67 ppb |
| Hustisford Waterworks | 1,063 | 0.37 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beaver Dam, 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 Beaver Dam Water Utility whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.