Is Brice Prairie, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
Onalaska Waterworks serves Brice Prairie. In EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Arsenic at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Onalaska Waterworks is very hard, typically 344 mg/L (20.1 grains per gallon). How Wisconsin’s water compares.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Onalaska Waterworks’s water.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Brice Prairie
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Brice Prairie, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
A1 Advanced Pumping Service, Inc.
West Salem, WI · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Davy Laboratories
La Crosse, WI · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
La Crosse County HD Public Health Laboratory
La Crosse, WI · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
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 WisconsinZIP codes in Brice Prairie
Which ZIP codes are in Brice Prairie: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Wisconsin DNR and DATCP, certified and approved drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Brice Prairie
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Onalaska Waterworks’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water