Is Grafton, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 5 utilities serving Grafton have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Osprey Mobile Home Park and Stonecroft Condominium Assn.
Grafton Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Grafton Waterworks is very hard, typically 360 mg/L (21.1 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 Grafton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Grafton Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 12,269 people · about 2,200 in Grafton
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 360 mg/L (21.1 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Port Washington Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 12,853 people · about 170 in Grafton
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Saukville Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 4,268 people · under 100 in Grafton
3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 31 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: very hard, typically 365 mg/L (21.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Osprey Mobile Home Park
Wisconsin · serves 150 people · lists Grafton among the places it serves
1 result above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 7.8 ppb, above the legal limit. Hardness: very hard, 429 mg/L (25.1 grains per gallon).
5 health-based violations since 2016
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Stonecroft Condominium Assn
Wisconsin · serves 50 people · lists Grafton among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.91 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 320 mg/L (18.7 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 Grafton 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 Grafton
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Grafton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department
Port Washington, WI · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department
West Bend, WI · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Diagnostics Laboratories
Mequon, WI · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
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 Grafton
Which ZIP codes are in Grafton: 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 Grafton
Other towns in Ozaukee County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Grafton 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