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Is Stockbridge, WI tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Stockbridge, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Stockbridge have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Stockbridge Waterworks and Chilton Waterworks.

Stockbridge Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

The water from Stockbridge Waterworks is hard, typically 180 mg/L (10.5 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 Stockbridge’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Stockbridge

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Wisconsin certifies.

The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Stockbridge, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • UW-Oshkosh Env. Research & Innovation Ctr

    Oshkosh, WI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals

    (920) 424-3148

  • University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

    Sturgeon Bay, WI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (920) 424-3148

  • University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

    Manitowoc, WI · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (920) 424-3148

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 Wisconsin

ZIP codes in Stockbridge

Which ZIP codes are in Stockbridge: 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.

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