Laurel Lakes 508, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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 Laurel Lakes 508
Laurel Lakes 508 serves about 50 people through 4 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI2460150. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.05 ppb from 2.95 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Laurel Lakes 508 is 3.45 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.95 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.45 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. Laurel Lakes 508's 0.9 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Wisconsin and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ozaukee County
46 other systems share Ozaukee County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Laurel Lakes 508. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Port Washington Waterworks | 12,853 | 5.9 ppb |
| Cedarburg L & W Commission | 12,500 | 7.6 ppb |
| Grafton Waterworks | 12,269 | 3.3 ppb |
| Mequon Water Utility | 11,152 | 0.52 ppb |
| Saukville Waterworks | 4,268 | 7.6 ppb |
| Belgium Waterworks | 2,493 | 1.3 ppb |
| Fredonia Waterworks | 2,279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Concordia University | 1,500 | 0.3 ppb |
| Mequon Trail Townhomes | 615 | 0.57 ppb |
| Huntington Park | 600 | 1.02 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Milwaukee, 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 Laurel Lakes 508 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.