St Nazianz 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.
About St Nazianz Waterworks
St Nazianz Waterworks serves about 705 people through 261 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 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI4360433. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.1 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Nazianz Waterworks is 3.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.3 ppb |
How St Nazianz 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. St Nazianz Waterworks's 1.4 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Wisconsin and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Manitowoc County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Nazianz Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manitowoc Waterworks | 34,500 | 7.7 ppb |
| Two Rivers Waterworks | 11,270 | 13 ppb |
| Kiel Waterworks | 3,932 | 0.77 ppb |
| Cleveland Waterworks | 1,524 | 6.3 ppb |
| Mishicot Waterworks | 1,432 | 1.9 ppb |
| Reedsville Waterworks | 1,200 | 2.6 ppb |
| Valders Waterworks | 954 | 6.8 ppb |
| Whitelaw Waterworks | 757 | 3.1 ppb |
| Maribel Waterworks | 355 | 0.99 ppb |
| Kellnersville Waterworks | 301 | 3.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St Nazianz, 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 St Nazianz 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.