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Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc

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
100 people
Connections
35
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Mequon, WI
County
Ozaukee
Owner
Private
Hardness
Very hard
The ZIP code it serves

53217

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, 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 2012 to 2022.

Arsenic, fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total): Wisconsin’s own results, samples taken from April 28, 2020 to April 24, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.86ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.86 ppb, in 2021: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.1 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

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

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

0.81ppb

90th percentile, 2022

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 0.81 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

Below EPA’s limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.74ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 0.69 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.74 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.69 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.68 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.06ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 2

2022, one sample: 0.06 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 0.06 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 0.06 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.086 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • 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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

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.

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Hardness

Very hard, typically 450 mg/L (26.3 grains per gallon), across 2 sampling points, 2018 to 2019.

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 at 26.3 grains per gallon, 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 is 1 monitoring or reporting violation: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, fluoride, nitrate and chromium (total) results here are Wisconsin’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has 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 April 28, 2020 to April 24, 2024.

Testing your own tap

Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc’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 Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Water Diagnostics Laboratories

    Mequon, WI · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (414) 350-1100

  • City of Milwaukee Health Department Lab

    Milwaukee, WI · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (414) 286-3526

  • M M S D Lab Services Central Lab

    Milwaukee, WI · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (414) 277-6377

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 WI2460124. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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