Harmony Grove San Dist, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.2 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.
Harmony Grove San Dist at a glance
Harmony Grove San Dist serves about 1,950 people through 722 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 Columbia County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI1110101. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.3 ppb from 4.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harmony Grove San Dist is 4.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.5 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. Harmony Grove San Dist's 3.2 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Wisconsin and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Columbia County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harmony Grove San Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Portage Waterworks | 10,437 | 6.2 ppb |
| Columbus Utilities | 5,173 | 8.88 ppb |
| Wisconsin Dells Waterworks | 3,232 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lodi Waterworks | 3,146 | 18 ppb |
| Poynette Waterworks | 2,520 | 3.05 ppb |
| Pardeeville Waterworks | 2,151 | 1.7 ppb |
| Randolph Water Dept | 1,800 | 1.3 ppb |
| Fall River Waterworks | 1,793 | 0.93 ppb |
| Rio Waterworks | 1,095 | 1.4 ppb |
| Arlington Waterworks | 946 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lodi, 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 Harmony Grove San Dist 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.