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Water hardness in Gratiot

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Gratiot, Wisconsin.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
1
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Gratiot Waterworks

WI1330074 · Groundwater · 224 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.003 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

20% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jun 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024

Violation history (42)
Imported violation history for Gratiot Waterworks
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedAug 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJun 1, 2023 to Aug 6, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedMar 1, 2023 to Mar 27, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedMar 1, 2023 to Jun 9, 2023
EndrinResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
HEXACHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
2,4,5-TPResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
HeptachlorResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
AtrazineResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
MethoxychlorResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
GlyphosateResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
CadmiumResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
ArsenicResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Beryllium, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Thallium, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
SeleniumResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
NitriteResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
MercuryResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
HexachlorocyclopentadieneResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
2,4-DResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Heptachlor epoxideResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
ChromiumResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
CarbofuranResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
DiquatResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
DalaponResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
ChlordaneResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
LASSOResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
ToxapheneResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
PicloramResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
BHC-GAMMAResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
EndothallResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
DinosebResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
PentachlorophenolResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
FluorideResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
NickelResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
BariumResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Nitrate-NitriteResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Antimony, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
OXAMYLResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
SimazineResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
Public NoticeUnaddressedNov 1, 2014

City summary

What the indexed records say

Gratiot has 1 published ZIP profile across Lafayette County. The regional-evidence median is 268 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
23.6 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Jun 29, 2017 to Jun 29, 2017.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Gratiot

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

53541

Very Hard

268 PPM

Nearest site
23.6 mi
Confidence
Low

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Gratiot

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.