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Is Suamico, WI tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Suamico, 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 4 utilities serving Suamico have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Howard Waterworks and Suamico Waterworks.

Howard Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Howard Waterworks is hard, 159 mg/L (9.3 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 Suamico’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Howard Waterworks’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Suamico

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 Suamico, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Brown County Public Health Department

    Green Bay, WI · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (920) 448-6400

  • Badger Laboratories, Inc.

    Green Bay, WI · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (920) 434-6741

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Green Bay WI

    Green Bay, WI · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (920) 469-2436

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 Suamico

Which ZIP codes are in Suamico: 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 Suamico

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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