Is Corcoran, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Corcoran has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.
Rogers, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Corcoran’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Rogers
Minnesota · serves 14,430 people · about 3,000 in Corcoran
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Medina
Minnesota · serves 4,205 people · about 2,800 in Corcoran
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Se Corcoran
Minnesota · serves 2,964 people · about 910 in Corcoran
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Otsego
Minnesota · serves 19,000 people · about 360 in Corcoran
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maple Hill Estates
Minnesota · serves 490 people · about 240 in Corcoran
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 15 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Loretto
Minnesota · serves 637 people · about 150 in Corcoran
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Corcoran
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Corcoran, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Engel Water Testing, Inc.
Minnetrista, MN · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
EMSL Analytical, Inc.
New Hope, MN · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Water Laboratories, Inc.
Elk River, MN · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Corcoran: 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 Corcoran
Other towns in Hennepin County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Rogers’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