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Bains Country Estates MHP

What EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
200 people
Connections
98
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Sheboygan Falls, WI
County
Sheboygan
Owner
Private
Hardness
Very hard
The ZIP code it serves

53085

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate: Wisconsin’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 22, 2020 to Feb. 25, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Sept. 10, 2012 to Jan. 30, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.4 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.6 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.41ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

2018, one sample: 0.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.41 ppb, in 2013: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 0.51 ppb. In 2018, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.3 ppb.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.43ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.43 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.97ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.97 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 1.9 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Lead
  • Nitrate

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Arsenic, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Hardness

Very hard, typically 208 mg/L (12.1 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, in 2018.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper Rule RevisionsThe required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL InventoryOct. 17, 2024—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 9 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and nitrate results here are Wisconsin’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium comes from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Bains Country Estates MHP’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Wisconsin’s results run from Jan. 22, 2020 to Feb. 25, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from Sept. 10, 2012 to Jan. 30, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Bains Country Estates MHP’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Wisconsin certifies.

The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to the area Bains Country Estates MHP serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Kohler Co., CHEM Lab

    Kohler, WI · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (920) 457-4441

  • Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department

    Port Washington, WI · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (262) 284-8170

  • Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department

    West Bend, WI · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (262) 284-8170

Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene: Well water test kits ordered by phone and shipped free; you pay to mail the sample back, and the lab bills you after testing. Tests run from bacteria alone to a homeowner package covering bacteria, nitrate, fluoride, metals, hardness, volatile organic compounds and atrazine. Bacteria is $35, nitrate $35, lead $38, and the homeowner package $450, as of July 1, 2026. Public Environmental and Water Testing Prices, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.

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Sources

PWSID WI4600454. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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