Is Doylestown, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Doylestown has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Columbus Utilities.
Pine Haven Estates, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.48 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Pine Haven Estates is very hard, 210 mg/L (12.3 grains per gallon). How Wisconsin’s water compares.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Doylestown’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Pine Haven Estates
Wisconsin · serves 45 people · nearly all in Doylestown
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.48 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 210 mg/L (12.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Columbus Utilities
Wisconsin · serves 5,173 people · under 100 in Doylestown
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 8.9 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 113 to 164 mg/L (6.6 to 9.6 grains per gallon).
2 health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Pine Haven Estates’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Doylestown
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Doylestown, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
SWD Labs, LLC
Randolph, WI · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Madison, WI · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
Public Health Madison & Dane County
Madison, WI · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 WisconsinWhich ZIP codes are in Doylestown: 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 Doylestown
Other towns in Columbia County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pine Haven Estates’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water