Bellevue Waterworks, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Bellevue Waterworks serves about 16,715 people through 6,190 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 surface water, in Brown County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI4050459. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bellevue Waterworks is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Bellevue Waterworks's 2.7 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Wisconsin and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Brown County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bellevue Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Waterworks | 107,369 | 2.5 ppb |
| De Pere Waterworks Sa 1 | 25,660 | 0.66 ppb |
| Howard Waterworks | 21,133 | 1.2 ppb |
| Ashwaubenon Waterworks | 17,730 | 3.4 ppb |
| Allouez Waterworks | 13,923 | 5.9 ppb |
| Ledgeview Tn Sanitary Dist 2 | 7,602 | 2.1 ppb |
| Lawrence Waterworks | 5,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Suamico Waterworks | 4,697 | 1.1 ppb |
| Pulaski Waterworks | 4,040 | 0.81 ppb |
| Wrightstown Waterworks | 3,815 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Green Bay, 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 Bellevue Waterworks 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.