Is Durand, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Durand has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records.
Durand Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.6 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Durand Waterworks is very hard, typically 244 mg/L (14.3 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 Durand’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Durand Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 1,868 people · under 100 in Durand
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.6 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 244 mg/L (14.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Whispering Pines MHP
Wisconsin · serves 60 people · under 100 in Durand
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: hard, 164 mg/L (9.6 grains per gallon).
No 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 Durand Waterworks’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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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: Lead, 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: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Durand
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Durand, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Buffalo County Department of Health and Human Services
Alma, WI · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Dunn County Health Department
Menomonie, WI · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Menomonie Waste Water
Menomonie, WI · about 17 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 WisconsinZIP codes in Durand
Which ZIP codes are in Durand: 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 Durand
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Durand Waterworks’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