New Lisbon Waterworks, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Who runs the water here
New Lisbon Waterworks serves about 2,526 people through 547 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 Juneau County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI7290132. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.4 ppb from 2.8 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Lisbon Waterworks is 9.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 9.1 ppb |
How New Lisbon Waterworks 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. New Lisbon Waterworks's 1.4 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Wisconsin and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Juneau County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Lisbon Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mauston Waterworks | 4,456 | 0.94 ppb |
| Elroy Waterworks | 1,333 | 0 (not detected) |
| Necedah Waterworks | 844 | 4.47 ppb |
| Wonewoc Waterworks | 758 | 1.6 ppb |
| Camp Douglas Waterworks | 640 | 1.95 ppb |
| Lyndon Station Waterworks | 474 | 1.89 ppb |
| Wi Air National Guard Volk Field | 400 | 6.29 ppb |
| Union Center Waterworks | 225 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kountry Aire Est Mhp Iii | 210 | 4.3 ppb |
| Hustler Waterworks | 170 | 1.21 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Lisbon, 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 New Lisbon Waterworks 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.