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Well water in Suamico village, Wisconsin

In Suamico village, none of 307 private wells tested between 1988 and 2025 had nitrate above the Wisconsin enforcement standard (10 mg/L), according to the UWSP Well Water Quality Viewer.

The strongest signal is coliform bacteria: Recommended for every private well, every year, too few samples to carry the headline but first on the test list below.

307 private wells tested 2005 to 2022 in state summaries; 71 test results across 8 contaminants from at least 8 wells, 1972 to 1981; nitrate has the most at 17. Data refreshed September 9, 2026.

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What homeowner tests found

Wisconsin Well Water Quality Viewer samples: private wells tested and reported to the state, 2005 to 2022. Shares are against the level the state applies to each contaminant, named in the last column; several are stricter than EPA.

ContaminantAbove state levelWells testedMedian95th pctHighestState level
Lead20555515 ug/L
Total coliform5
Nitrate30700.165.710 mg/L
Arsenic12802.63.910 ug/L
Chloride538.58.5250 mg/L
Copper20.0030.0080.0081.3 mg/L
Manganese2344300 ug/L
Iron1210210210300 ug/L
Sodium15.55.55.520 mg/L
E. coli1

What individual samples found

Each row summarizes every public sample for that contaminant inside Suamico village. Above limit means above the EPA maximum contaminant level; where EPA has no enforceable limit, the row shows a health guideline or nuisance level instead.

ContaminantAbove limitSamplesDetectedMedianHighestLimit
Nitrate
1972 to 1981
1788%0.030.910 mg/L
EPA limit
Fluoride
1972 to 1981
10100%1.253.84 mg/L
EPA limit
Sodium
1972 to 1981
no limit10100%16.54320 mg/L
health guideline
Chloride
1972 to 1981
no limit10100%516250 mg/L
nuisance level
Iron
1972 to 1981
no limit10100%110780300 ug/L
nuisance level
Manganese
1972 to 1981
no limit10100%040300 ug/L
health guideline

Sampled fewer than 10 times, too few to summarize: Lead (2), Arsenic (2).

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See the sampled wells near your address

The same records, drawn around one point: which wells within a few miles were sampled and what they found, how deep the wells next to you were drilled, and any leaking tank or cleanup site within a mile.

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What this means

Among homeowners in Suamico village who sent a sample to the state lab, no health-based limit was exceeded often enough to publish a share. That is good news, but a single well can still be the exception.

What to test for in Suamico village

  1. 1
    Coliform bacteria
    Recommended for every private well, every year.
  2. 2
    Nitrate
    Recommended for every private well, especially near farms or septic systems.
  3. 3
    Fluoride
    Detected in 100% of local samples.
  4. 4
    Chloride
    Detected in 100% of local samples.
  5. 5
    Iron
    Detected in 100% of local samples.
  6. 6
    Manganese
    Detected in 100% of local samples.
  7. 7
    Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
    7 leaking underground storage tank sites on record locally.

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The rock under Suamico village

Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system

Sandstone. Sandstone wells draw from pore space in the rock and tend to be dependable. Iron, manganese and hardness are common, and some sandstones carry arsenic or radium, so a first test should include both.

Classification from the USGS Principal Aquifers of the United States (national map, 2003 edition, GIS release 2015), read at the town centroid. A single well can sit in a different unit, especially near a boundary.

Official help in Wisconsin

Two places to start that are not selling anything: the state program that answers private well questions, and its list of labs certified to run drinking water tests. A certified lab is the difference between a result you can act on and a number.

Contamination sources on record in Suamico village

Wisconsin DNR records 7 leaking underground storage tank sites in Suamico village, among 22 regulated sites in total. Groundwater does not follow property lines, so a well within a few hundred feet of one of these is worth testing for what that site could release.

7
leaking underground storage tank sitesGasoline and heating oil that leaked from tanks move through groundwater as benzene, MTBE and other volatile organic compounds.
1
lined landfill or transfer facility
14
other remediation projects

Treatment that fits the local profile

Fluoride

Point-of-use reverse osmosis; Activated alumina; Distillation

Iron

Oxidizing filter whole-house; Water softener (low levels); Aeration plus filtration

Systems we would look at first

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For fluoride

Under-sink reverse osmosis system

under-sink or countertop, about $300

Look for NSF/ANSI 58 certification listing the contaminant you need removed.

For fluoride

Aquasana SmartFlow reverse osmosis

under-sink or countertop, about $225

Certified to NSF/ANSI 58 and 53 to reduce arsenic (96%, pentavalent), fluoride (90%), lead (99%), nitrate, nitrite and PFOA/PFOS at the kitchen tap, with a remineralizer.

For iron

Iron and manganese oxidizing filter

whole-house, at the point of entry, about $1,800

Air-injection or greensand media; fixes staining at the source.

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Common questions

How often should I test a private well in Suamico village?

Test for bacteria and nitrate every year. Test once for arsenic, uranium, radon, fluoride, manganese and PFAS, then again every three to five years or after any change in taste, color, or plumbing.

Towns near Suamico village

Closest first. Groundwater does not stop at a line on a map, so the next town over is a fair second opinion.

Want the numbers themselves? Download the Wisconsin dataset as CSV, every county and town, with the sources named.

Sources

  • USGS Water Quality Portal: 71 samples in Suamico village. Data from the Water Quality Portal, a service of USGS, EPA and USDA; groundwater samples collected by USGS and cooperators. Retrieved September 3, 2026.
  • Wisconsin Well Water Quality Viewer samples: summaries for 10 contaminants in Suamico village, up to 307 wells each. Private well samples compiled by the UWSP Center for Watershed Science and Education from the DNR Groundwater Retrieval Network, DATCP surveys, the UWSP Water and Environmental Analysis Lab and county health programs, published in the Wisconsin Well Water Quality Viewer with Wisconsin DHS. Samples are located to the town, village or city they fall in; one result per well and parameter (the latest) so repeat samples do not double count; wells without a state well number are keyed by location. Shares are against Wisconsin NR 140 enforcement standards (arsenic 10 ug/L, nitrate 10 mg/L as N, manganese 300 ug/L, lead 15 ug/L, copper 1.3 mg/L) and the iron and chloride secondary levels. Many samples were submitted by homeowners with a reason to test, so shares can run above a random survey. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  • Wisconsin DNR regulated sites: 22 regulated sites located in Suamico village. Open and closed remediation activities (BRRTS, including leaking underground storage tanks and spills) and landfill and waste sites from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 9, 2026.

Non-detects count as samples and are treated as zero when computing medians. Exactly at the limit counts as not above it. A sample belongs to the town containing the well's reported coordinates.