White Lake Waterworks, WI
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.13 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.
White Lake Waterworks at a glance
White Lake Waterworks serves about 256 people through 165 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Langlade County, Wisconsin. EPA system ID: WI7340118. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
White Lake Waterworks's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1.05 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Lake Waterworks is 1.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.13 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.05 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 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. White Lake Waterworks's 1.13 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Wisconsin and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Langlade County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than White Lake Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Antigo Waterworks | 7,780 | 1.9 ppb |
| Elcho Sanitary District 1 | 400 | 0.23 ppb |
Next steps for White Lake, WI
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; White Lake, 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 White Lake 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. 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.