Crandon Waterworks, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.2 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.
Crandon Waterworks at a glance
Crandon Waterworks serves about 1,958 people through 800 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 Forest County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI7210107. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Crandon Waterworks's lead record
That is down 1.1 ppb from 4.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crandon Waterworks is 4.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.1 ppb |
How Crandon 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. Crandon Waterworks's 3.2 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Wisconsin and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Forest County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crandon Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Laona Sanitary Dist | 950 | 0.45 ppb |
| Wabeno Sanitary Dist 1 | 750 | 0.75 ppb |
| Blackwell Civilian Consvtn Ctr | 190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nu Roc Health And Rehabilitation Center | 86 | 0.15 ppb |
Next steps for Crandon, WI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Crandon, 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 Crandon 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.