Freedom Sanitary District, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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.
About Freedom Sanitary District
Freedom Sanitary District serves about 3,260 people through 1,129 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 Outagamie County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI4451607. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Freedom Sanitary District's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Freedom Sanitary District is 1.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 ppb |
How Freedom Sanitary District 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. Freedom Sanitary District's 1.5 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Wisconsin and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Outagamie County
18 other systems share Outagamie County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Freedom Sanitary District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Appleton Waterworks | 74,511 | 1.3 ppb |
| Grand Chute Tn San Dist 1 | 21,583 | 3.1 ppb |
| Kaukauna Utilities | 17,493 | 2.4 ppb |
| Darboy Sanitary Dist 1 | 13,024 | 0.47 ppb |
| Little Chute Waterworks | 12,168 | 8.6 ppb |
| Greenville Utilities Vil Of | 11,340 | 7.5 ppb |
| Kimberly Waterworks | 7,608 | 13 ppb |
| Combined Locks Waterworks | 3,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seymour Waterworks | 3,601 | 1.7 ppb |
| Hortonville Water Utility | 3,028 | 2.7 ppb |
Next steps for Freedom, WI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Freedom, 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 Freedom 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.