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Is Bloomington, MN tap water safe?

Bloomington serves Bloomington, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Minnesota’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Bloomington serves Bloomington. In EPA’s and Minnesota’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Arsenic at 1.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Bloomington’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Bloomington

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Minnesota certifies.

The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Bloomington, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab

    Bloomington, MN · about 2 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals

    (952) 563-4904

  • RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Burnsville

    Burnsville, MN · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (952) 456-8470

  • Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.

    Hopkins, MN · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (952) 935-3556

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Bloomington

Which ZIP codes are in Bloomington: 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 Bloomington

Other towns in Hennepin County with a page of their own.

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