Hickory Haven Mhc, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2021). 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
Hickory Haven Mhc serves about 303 people through 125 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Racine County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI2520196. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Hickory Haven Mhc's lead record
Against the period ending 2018 (6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hickory Haven Mhc is 6.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 6 ppb |
How Hickory Haven Mhc 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. Hickory Haven Mhc's 6.8 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Wisconsin and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Racine County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Hickory Haven Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Racine Waterworks | 105,100 | 3.3 ppb |
| Caledonia Water Utility - Village Of | 21,819 | 3.3 ppb |
| Burlington Waterworks | 11,043 | 15 ppb |
| Waterford Waterworks | 5,368 | 3.37 ppb |
| Union Grove Waterworks | 4,900 | 1.28 ppb |
| Wind Point Water Dept | 1,804 | 4 ppb |
| Southern Wisconsin Center | 950 | 2.01 ppb |
| Eagle Lake Manor | 250 | 2.19 ppb |
| Browns Lake Mobile Home Ct | 225 | 0.64 ppb |
| River Springs Apartments Llc | 38 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Northbrook, WI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Northbrook, 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 Hickory Haven Mhc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.