Is Lake Hallie, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Lake Hallie has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Village of Lake Hallie Waterworks.
Chippewa Falls Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.2 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Chippewa Falls Waterworks is moderately hard, typically 82 mg/L (4.8 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 Lake Hallie’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Chippewa Falls Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 13,375 people · about 1,200 in Lake Hallie
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 82 mg/L (4.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Eau Claire Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 70,587 people · about 680 in Lake Hallie
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, typically 107 mg/L (6.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Village of Lake Hallie Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 6,701 people · about 320 in Lake Hallie
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft to hard depending on the source, 28 to 130 mg/L (1.6 to 7.6 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 Chippewa Falls 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 Lake Hallie
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Lake Hallie, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Eau Claire, WI · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Chippewa County Department of Public Health
Chippewa Falls, WI · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Commercial Testing Laboratory Inc.
Colfax, WI · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
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 Lake Hallie: 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 Lake Hallie
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Chippewa Falls 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