Is Kekoskee, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Kekoskee has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Horicon Waterworks.
Mayville Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Mayville Waterworks is very hard, typically 300 mg/L (17.5 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 Kekoskee’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Mayville Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 5,112 people · about 1,600 in Kekoskee
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: very hard, typically 300 mg/L (17.5 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Horicon Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 3,682 people · about 1,000 in Kekoskee
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 236 mg/L (13.8 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 Mayville 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 Kekoskee
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Kekoskee, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
C & C Pumps LLC
Hartford, WI · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
Fond du Lac County Health Department
Fond du Lac, WI · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
SWD Labs, LLC
Randolph, WI · about 22 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 WisconsinWhich ZIP codes are in Kekoskee: 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 Kekoskee
Other towns in Dodge County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Mayville Waterworks’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