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Kountry Aire Est MHP III

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
210 people
Connections
83
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Mauston, WI
County
Juneau
Owner
Private
Hardness
Varies by source
The ZIP code it serves

53948

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2009 to 2021.

Nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total): Wisconsin’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 12, 2020 to Aug. 28, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Aug. 29, 2012 to Aug. 29, 2012. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

4.3ppb

90th percentile, 2021

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 4.3 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.37ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.37 ppb, in 2012: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.4ppm

Highest sample; found in 6 of 8

2024 average: 0.066 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 1.4 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.066 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.17 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.047ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.047 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.055 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.03 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)

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.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Hardness

Moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 94 to 180 mg/L (5.5 to 10.5 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.

Softeners compared, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?Wisconsin water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 2 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total) 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. Kountry Aire Est MHP III’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 Aug. 12, 2020 to Aug. 28, 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from Aug. 29, 2012 to Aug. 29, 2012.

Testing your own tap

Kountry Aire Est MHP III’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 Kountry Aire Est MHP III serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pure Water Labs, LLC

    Reedsburg, WI · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (608) 225-3621

  • Pure Water Labs, LLC

    Lodi, WI · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (608) 225-3621

  • CT Laboratories

    Baraboo, WI · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (608) 356-2760

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.

All 156 certified labs for Wisconsin

Sources

PWSID WI7290294. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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