BROWNSVILLE
Village of
Water & Sewer Utilities
DPW Supt. Adam Lechner, and Asst. Supt. Troy Kemmel, are operators of the Village Water and Sewer Facilities. You may contact them with a question or concern e.g. water bubbling out of the ground. Supt. Lechner 920-583-6700, Asst. Supt. 920-948-5030, email: publicworks@brownsvillewi.gov
If you have a billing question, contact Clerk-Treasurer Kathryn Hull at 920-583-4087, email: clerk@brownsvillewi.gov
Payments may be mailed to Village of Brownsville, P.O. Box 308 Brownsville WI 53006 or dropped of at the clerk's office 871 Main St., there is a slot in the clerk's door for payments after hours (use the south parking lot side, thru first set of glass doors).
Credit/debit/ACH payments
Well #2 Maintenance, Pull and Replace
Very soon, Monday April 13th, we will be replacing the pump in our main well, which will switch our water source to our emergency well. As a result, you may notice a change in your water’s hardness. Our current water has a hardness of about 13 grains per gallon, and the new source will have a hardness of approximately 24 grains per gallon. This is still safe drinking water that meets state and federal standards. The main difference you’ll see is that soap may not lather as easily, and you might notice more scale buildup on fixtures and appliances. Most likely, the places you’ll notice are the shower, washing your hair and at the sink, washing your dishes. If you use a water softener, you may want to manually regenerate every 3 or 4 days based on water usage, to stay ahead of the unusually hard water.
We appreciate your understanding during this regular scheduled maintenance and will keep you updated as the project progresses.
The timeframe for the change is from Monday April 13th to Monday April 27th. Following successful replacement and safe water samples, the water utility will conduct spring fire hydrant flushing the last week of April. Flushing will remove all water from the less-than-ideal source and replace it with normal water from Well #2.
For more information on the Lab Results for Well #1, Radio Activity Testing and Comprehensive Report.
Recent Consumer Confidence Report Data, 2025 CCR
As discussed above, the biggest difference between sources is water hardness. Linked to water hardness is radioactivity. The reason the Village switched to use Well #2 primarily was because of the level of radioactivity and the choice to treat for those contaminates at Well #2 rather than Well #1. While the utility has radioactivity numbers below the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) from EP #2 as shown in the Consumer Confidence Data above, water is NOT treated at Well #1 for those contaminants. This water does contain elevated amounts of radioactivity, and levels should be considered if consuming for an extended period. Since we will be using Well #1 for a short, two-week, period, no treatment will be provided by the water utility, other than the addition of chlorine to provide disinfection. The use of water softeners and subsequent point-of-use filtration will remove much of the contaminants that the temporary water will bring and allow a near smooth transition between water sources. Again, thank you for your understanding and patience.
WHEAP Benefits Division of Energy, Housing and Community
*Depends on funding and application acceptance.*
Village of Brownsville Sewer & Water Utilities
Meters are read quarterly for billing. Bills are issued quarterly and become due and payable upon issuance following the period for which service is rendered. A late payment charge of 3 percent will be added to bills not paid within 20 days of issuance/due date. This one-time 3 percent late payment charge will be applied only to any unpaid balance for the current billing period’s usage. Unless payment or satisfactory arrangement for payment is made within the next 10 days, service may be disconnected pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code ch. PSC 185. Charges may be applied for re-connection. Delinquent amounts owed by the customer may be levied as a tax/lien as provided in Section 66.069 WI Statutes and Section 66.0809 of WI State Statutes, contact the clerk at 920-583-4087 for detailed information.
Payments not honored by Financial Institution shall be assessed a $20.00 charge when a payment rendered for utility service is not honored by the customer’s financial institution.
Rates as 1/20/25: (There was NO increase in 2023 or 2024)
RATES FOR WATER SERVICE: (2025 Increase 4.1%)
Quarterly Service Charge
5/8-inch meter $46.39
1-inch meter $53.01
2-inch meter $109.34
Plus Volume Charges:
First 30,000 gal. used each qtr.$6.30 per 1,000 gal.,
next 170,000 gal. used each qtr. $6.18 per 1,000 gal.,
over 200,000 gal. used per qtr. $5.08 per 1,000 gal.
(additional meter size charges available on request)
RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE: (2025 Increase 5%)
Sewer charges are based on volume of water/meter used.
Quarterly Service Charge: $30.35 plus volume charges of
$9.29 per 1,000 gal. used each qtr.
This information is subject to change or correction.
