Eagle River 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.
Who runs the water here
Eagle River Waterworks serves about 1,530 people through 1,016 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 Vilas County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI7640113. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eagle River Waterworks is 14 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 14 ppb over 10 |
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. Eagle River Waterworks's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in Wisconsin and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Vilas County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eagle River Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Phelps Sanitary District | 550 | 1.2 ppb |
| Land O Lakes Sanitary Dist | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiawatha Mh Estates Clbhse | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lowenstine Fund Corporation | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiawatha Mh Estates Old Office | 84 | 1.09 ppb |
| Baltic Rentals Llc | 75 | 1.75 ppb |
| Evergreen Estates | 50 | 0.94 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Eagle River 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 Eagle River 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.