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Is Fairmont, MN tap water safe?

Fairmont serves Fairmont, 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

Fairmont serves Fairmont. In EPA’s and Minnesota’s records it has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 18 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Fairmont’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Fairmont

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

  • Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc.

    New Ulm, MN · about 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (507) 354-8517

  • UC Laboratory

    Janesville, MN · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals

    (507) 234-5835

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Fairmont

Which ZIP codes are in Fairmont: 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 Fairmont

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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