Is Waupun, WI tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Waupun have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Wisconsin’s records: Waupun Correctional Inst and Marshview Terrace.
Waupun Utilities, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Waupun Utilities is moderately hard, 81 mg/L (4.7 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 Waupun’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Waupun Utilities
Wisconsin · serves 8,056 people · about 560 in Waupun
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 81 mg/L (4.7 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Waupun Correctional Inst
Wisconsin · serves 3,706 people · under 100 in Waupun
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.87 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 250 mg/L (14.6 grains per gallon).
6 health-based violations since 2016
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Marshview Terrace
Wisconsin · serves 40 people · under 100 in Waupun
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 210 mg/L (12.3 grains per gallon).
13 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 Waupun Utilities’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 Waupun
The 3 labs Wisconsin certifies closest to Waupun, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
SWD Labs, LLC
Randolph, WI · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Fond du Lac County Health Department
Fond du Lac, WI · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
C & C Pumps LLC
Hartford, WI · about 29 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 WisconsinZIP codes in Waupun
Which ZIP codes are in Waupun: 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 Waupun
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Waupun Utilities’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