Is Apple Valley, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
Apple Valley serves Apple Valley. In EPA’s and Minnesota’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 19.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Apple Valley
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Apple Valley, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Burnsville
Burnsville, MN · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab
Bloomington, MN · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.
Hopkins, MN · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Apple Valley
Which ZIP codes are in Apple Valley: 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: Minnesota Department of Health, accredited labs in Minnesota accepting drinking water samples from private well users; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Apple Valley
Other towns in Dakota County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Apple Valley’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water