Danbury Sanitary District, 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
Danbury Sanitary District serves about 286 people through 105 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 Burnett County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI8070012. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Danbury Sanitary District is 0.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.5 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. Danbury Sanitary District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Wisconsin and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Burnett County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Danbury Sanitary District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grantsburg Waterworks | 1,460 | 2 ppb |
| Siren Waterworks | 941 | 2 ppb |
| Webster Waterworks | 652 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Danbury, WI
Look up your address in Danbury Sanitary District'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 Danbury Sanitary District 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.