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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
1,308 people
Connections
675
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Loyal, WI
County
Clark
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Varies by source
The ZIP code it serves

54446

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.4 ppm, for the period ending June 30, 1994. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride and chromium (total): Wisconsin’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 8, 2020 to Sept. 8, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from April 20, 2017 to April 20, 2017. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

64.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 28 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 64.6 ppb, in 2025, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 28 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 9.4 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Above the health goal2

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2017

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.4 ppb, in 2017: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 3.8 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.78ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.78 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 1.0 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its four samples.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

6.5ppm

Highest sample; found in 51 of 51

2026 average: 4.4 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 6.5 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its seven samples averaged 4.4 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 6.7 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

31.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 6.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 31.4 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 6.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 15.8 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.68ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 0.66 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.68 ppm, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.84 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its 22 samples averaged 0.66 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.58 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

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

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

    For: Uranium, Arsenic

    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

Hard to very hard depending on the source, 138 to 218 mg/L (8.1 to 12.7 grains per gallon), across 4 sampling points, 2017 to 2026.

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.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride 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. Loyal Waterworks’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. 8, 2020 to Sept. 8, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from April 20, 2017 to April 20, 2017.

Testing your own tap

Loyal Waterworks’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 Loyal Waterworks serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • AgSource Laboratories

    Marshfield, WI · about 15 miles

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

    (715) 898-1402

  • Clark County Health Department

    Neillsville, WI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (715) 743-5105

  • Wood County Water Laboratory

    Wisconsin Rapids, WI · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (715) 421-8911

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 WI6100329. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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