Is Forest Junction, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Forest Junction have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Forest Junction Pub Util and Brillion Waterworks.
Forest Junction Pub Util, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 59 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Forest Junction Pub Util is hard, typically 139 mg/L (8.1 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 Forest Junction’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Forest Junction Pub Util
Wisconsin · serves 487 people · about 260 in Forest Junction
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 59 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: hard, typically 139 mg/L (8.1 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Brillion Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 3,262 people · under 100 in Forest Junction
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 8.1 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 115 to 160 mg/L (6.7 to 9.4 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Forest Junction Pub Util’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
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, Lead
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, Lead
Water testing near Forest Junction
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Forest Junction, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Branch River Testing Services LLC
Greenleaf, WI · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
Farm First Dairy Cooperative
Kaukauna, WI · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Outagamie County Public Health Lab
Appleton, WI · about 15 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 Forest Junction: 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 Forest Junction
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Forest Junction Pub Util’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water