Camp Douglas Waterworks, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.95 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.
About Camp Douglas Waterworks
Camp Douglas Waterworks serves about 640 people through 227 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Juneau County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI7290121. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Camp Douglas Waterworks's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.36 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Camp Douglas Waterworks is 1.95 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.95 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.36 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
How Camp Douglas Waterworks 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. Camp Douglas Waterworks's 1.95 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Wisconsin and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Juneau County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Camp Douglas Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mauston Waterworks | 4,456 | 0.94 ppb |
| New Lisbon Waterworks | 2,526 | 1.4 ppb |
| Elroy Waterworks | 1,333 | 0 (not detected) |
| Necedah Waterworks | 844 | 4.47 ppb |
| Wonewoc Waterworks | 758 | 1.6 ppb |
| Lyndon Station Waterworks | 474 | 1.89 ppb |
| Wi Air National Guard Volk Field | 400 | 6.29 ppb |
| Union Center Waterworks | 225 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kountry Aire Est Mhp Iii | 210 | 4.3 ppb |
| Hustler Waterworks | 170 | 1.21 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Camp Douglas, 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 Camp Douglas 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.