Menasha Elec & Water Util, WI
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Menasha Elec & Water Util at a glance
Menasha Elec & Water Util serves about 15,144 people through 4,686 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI4710334. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Menasha Elec & Water Util's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Menasha Elec & Water Util is 19 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 18 ppb over 15 |
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. Menasha Elec & Water Util's 1.1 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Wisconsin and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Winnebago County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Menasha Elec & Water Util. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oshkosh Waterworks | 63,000 | 6.1 ppb |
| Neenah Waterworks | 27,506 | 10 ppb |
| Fox Crossing Utilities West | 14,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Fox Crossing Utilities East | 10,927 | 5.1 ppb |
| Algoma Tn Sanitary Dist 1 | 3,935 | 0.28 ppb |
| Omro Waterworks | 3,629 | 1.8 ppb |
| Winneconne Waterworks | 2,502 | 0.93 ppb |
| Winnebago Area Sanitary District | 90 | 5.6 ppb |
| Rolling Meadows Of Larsen Llc | 85 | 2.95 ppb |
| Willow Pines Mfd Home Community | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Menasha, 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 Menasha Elec & Water Util 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.