Is Twin Lakes, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
6 of the 13 utilities serving Twin Lakes have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Twin Lakes Park Water Coop, Genoa City Waterworks, Village of Bloomfield and 3 more.
Twin Lakes Complex, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Twin Lakes Complex is very hard, 250 mg/L (14.6 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 Twin Lakes’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Twin Lakes Complex
Wisconsin · serves 50 people · nearly all in Twin Lakes
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 250 mg/L (14.6 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Twin Lakes Park Water Coop
Wisconsin · serves 150 people · nearly all in Twin Lakes
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.32 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 255 mg/L (14.9 grains per gallon).
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Wywood Community Inc
Wisconsin · serves 59 people · nearly all in Twin Lakes
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Genoa City Waterworks
Wisconsin · serves 2,766 people · under 100 in Twin Lakes
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 85.5 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Hardness: very hard, typically 434 mg/L (25.4 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Village of Bloomfield
Wisconsin · serves 4,071 people · under 100 in Twin Lakes
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft to hard depending on the source, 17 to 139 mg/L (1 to 8.1 grains per gallon).
4 health-based violations since 2016
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Tan Oak Apts
Wisconsin · serves 325 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 250 mg/L (14.6 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Lakewood Village Apts
Wisconsin · serves 125 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 350 mg/L (20.5 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Meadowview Village Apts
Wisconsin · serves 48 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.03 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 3 mg/L (0.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lincoln Crest Apartments
Wisconsin · serves 32 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.85 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, 11 mg/L (0.6 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Holy Hill Apartments
Wisconsin · serves 32 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.8 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 486 mg/L (28.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
3 more utilities in Twin Lakes
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Twin Lakes than those above.
- 337 - 9 Holy Hill Apartments LLCserves 30 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
- 425 Holy Hill Aptsserves 28 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
- Residences on Mainserves 26 people · lists Twin Lakes among the places it serves · 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 Twin Lakes Complex’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
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: 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: Arsenic
Water testing near Twin Lakes
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Twin Lakes, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Lake Geneva Utility Commission
Lake Geneva, WI · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
Walworth Co. Health & Human Services
Elkhorn, WI · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
S & R Krizan Pump Service Incorporated
Wind Lake, WI · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 Twin Lakes: 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 Twin Lakes
Other towns in Walworth County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Twin Lakes Complex’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water