Dallas Waterworks, 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.
Dallas Waterworks at a glance
Dallas Waterworks serves about 365 people through 135 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Barron County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI6030135. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.5 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dallas Waterworks is 2.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. Dallas Waterworks's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in Wisconsin and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Barron County
13 other systems share Barron County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dallas Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rice Lake Waterworks | 9,012 | 0.99 ppb |
| Barron Light & Water Dept | 3,423 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cumberland Waterworks | 2,311 | 1.2 ppb |
| Chetek Waterworks | 1,931 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cameron Waterworks | 1,787 | 1.6 ppb |
| Turtle Lake Waterworks | 1,073 | 1.8 ppb |
| Almena Waterworks | 705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haugen Waterworks | 287 | 0.8 ppb |
| Andersons Trailer Court | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Cedar Valley Estates Mhp | 80 | 0.88 ppb |
Next steps for Dallas, WI
Look up your address in Dallas Waterworks'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 Dallas 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.