Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr, WI
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr serves about 190 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Forest County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI7210112. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0.08 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr is 0.13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.08 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.13 ppb |
How Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr 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. Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 7th percentile in Wisconsin and the 15th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Forest County
4 other systems share Forest County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crandon Waterworks | 1,958 | 3.2 ppb |
| Laona Sanitary Dist | 950 | 0.45 ppb |
| Wabeno Sanitary Dist 1 | 750 | 0.75 ppb |
| Nu Roc Health And Rehabilitation Center | 86 | 0.15 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.