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Lead in Minnesota drinking water

995 community water systems tested

10.6%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(105/995)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
Hamburg 530 0.1056 mg/L
MN Correctional Facility - Willow River 240 0.0908 mg/L
Elgin 1,115 0.0816 mg/L
Amboy 535 0.0740 mg/L
LaSalle 90 0.0643 mg/L
Freeport 685 0.0570 mg/L
Zumbro Falls 181 0.0500 mg/L
Hatfield Municipal Water Supply 54 0.0490 mg/L
New Hope 20,963 0.0482 mg/L
Revere 95 0.0472 mg/L
Bigelow 235 0.0465 mg/L
MN Correctional Facility - Lino Lakes 1,300 0.0460 mg/L
MN Correctional Facility - Red Wing 170 0.0455 mg/L
MN Correctional Facility - Stillwater 781 0.0400 mg/L
Sargeant 61 0.0400 mg/L
Ranier 565 0.0387 mg/L
New Munich 320 0.0385 mg/L
Birchwood 864 0.0380 mg/L
Mabel 715 0.0360 mg/L
Minnesota Veterans Home 180 0.0358 mg/L
Willow River 410 0.0357 mg/L
South Haven 183 0.0343 mg/L
Buckman 309 0.0341 mg/L
MN Correctional Facility - Faribault 2,103 0.0334 mg/L
Bonnevista Terrace Mobile Home Park 579 0.0328 mg/L
Excelsior 2,483 0.0312 mg/L
GRAND PORTAGE 820 0.0305 mg/L
Wanda 84 0.0300 mg/L
Florence 39 0.0299 mg/L
Waldorf 216 0.0298 mg/L
Windsor Oaks Development 80 0.0298 mg/L
INDIAN POINT 61 0.0296 mg/L
Lakes and Links Homeowners Association 63 0.0294 mg/L
Hoffman 703 0.0288 mg/L
MN Correctional Facility - Moose Lake 975 0.0288 mg/L
Fulda 1,318 0.0284 mg/L
McGregor 394 0.0280 mg/L
International Falls 5,637 0.0273 mg/L
Faribault 23,718 0.0273 mg/L
Stonegate Co-op, Inc. 90 0.0272 mg/L
Barnesville 2,784 0.0269 mg/L
Ada 1,725 0.0268 mg/L
Laporte 140 0.0266 mg/L
Renville 1,301 0.0265 mg/L
Eveleth 3,770 0.0264 mg/L
Lewiston 1,512 0.0261 mg/L
Lansing Township 180 0.0254 mg/L
Atwater 1,133 0.0250 mg/L
Canby 1,769 0.0248 mg/L
Mapleton 1,756 0.0245 mg/L
Minnetonka Beach 547 0.0244 mg/L
Columbia Heights 22,278 0.0244 mg/L
Little Falls 9,069 0.0242 mg/L
VINELAND 4,220 0.0241 mg/L
Dovray 61 0.0238 mg/L
Lamberton 828 0.0235 mg/L
Glencoe 5,676 0.0234 mg/L
Chandler 270 0.0232 mg/L
LOWER SIOUX 4,000 0.0231 mg/L
Alden 661 0.0230 mg/L
Saint Paul Regional Water Services 392,529 0.0212 mg/L
Reading 75 0.0212 mg/L
Morton 400 0.0210 mg/L
Newfolden 338 0.0210 mg/L
Pelican Rapids 2,577 0.0209 mg/L
Buffalo Lake 703 0.0208 mg/L
Fairmont 10,328 0.0205 mg/L
Golden Valley 23,000 0.0202 mg/L
Waconia 13,277 0.0200 mg/L
Glenville 566 0.0200 mg/L
Sunray Glacial Waters INC 90 0.0200 mg/L
Beaver Creek 297 0.0198 mg/L
Shorewood Park 85 0.0198 mg/L
Waubun 404 0.0197 mg/L
Gonvick 276 0.0191 mg/L
Dawson 1,466 0.0190 mg/L
Sleepy Eye 3,599 0.0190 mg/L
Elbow Lake 1,285 0.0190 mg/L
Kettle River 168 0.0188 mg/L
Janesville 2,275 0.0184 mg/L
Claremont 773 0.0182 mg/L
Welcome 653 0.0182 mg/L
Redwood Falls 5,254 0.0182 mg/L
Iron Bowl MHP 44 0.0180 mg/L
Hancock 845 0.0180 mg/L
Wendell 167 0.0177 mg/L
Grygla 179 0.0174 mg/L
Park Rapids 4,298 0.0170 mg/L
Maple Lake 2,215 0.0169 mg/L
Lake Wilson 247 0.0168 mg/L
Clinton 395 0.0167 mg/L
Minneapolis 425,300 0.0166 mg/L
BALL CLUB 333 0.0164 mg/L
Ellendale 636 0.0163 mg/L
Ulen 500 0.0161 mg/L
Cobden 33 0.0157 mg/L
Pennock 492 0.0156 mg/L
Saint Louis Park 50,010 0.0156 mg/L
Adrian 1,211 0.0155 mg/L
Harris 400 0.0155 mg/L