Is Greenfield, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Greenfield has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records.
Greendale Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.32 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Greenfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Greendale Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 14,393 people · about 2,300 in Greenfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.32 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Milwaukee Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 626,000 people · about 1,200 in Greenfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: hard, typically 140 mg/L (8.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Franklin Water Utility
Wisconsin · serves 22,500 people · about 190 in Greenfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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South Milwaukee Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 21,340 people · under 100 in Greenfield
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 120 to 125 mg/L (7 to 7.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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New Berlin Water Utility
Wisconsin · serves 27,899 people · under 100 in Greenfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.33 ppb, above the health goal.
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 Greendale Waterworks’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 Greenfield
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Greenfield, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
M M S D Lab Services Central Lab
Milwaukee, WI · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins S-F Analytical Laboratories Inc.
New Berlin, WI · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
City of Milwaukee Health Department Lab
Milwaukee, WI · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
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 Greenfield: 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 Greenfield
Other towns in Milwaukee County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Greendale 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