Deerfield Waterworks, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.72 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.
Who runs the water here
Deerfield Waterworks serves about 2,510 people through 929 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 Dane County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI1130223. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (2.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deerfield Waterworks is 5.08 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.72 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.99 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.25 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.86 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.17 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.27 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.85 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.14 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.08 ppb |
How Deerfield 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. Deerfield Waterworks's 1.72 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Wisconsin and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
42 other systems share Dane County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deerfield Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Water Utility | 272,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Sun Prairie Utilities | 39,300 | 2.8 ppb |
| Fitchburg Utility Dist 1 | 29,900 | 2.3 ppb |
| Middleton Waterworks | 23,868 | 4 ppb |
| Waunakee Waterworks | 14,879 | 1.7 ppb |
| Verona Waterworks | 14,030 | 2.86 ppb |
| Stoughton Waterworks | 13,078 | 4.2 ppb |
| Oregon Waterworks | 11,200 | 4.97 ppb |
| Deforest Waterworks | 10,500 | 5.95 ppb |
| Mcfarland Waterworks | 9,676 | 2.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Deerfield, 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 Deerfield 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.