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Is Farmington, MN tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Farmington, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Minnesota’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Farmington has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.

Farmington, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.89 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Farmington’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Farmington

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 Farmington, 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 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (952) 456-8470

  • Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab

    Bloomington, MN · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals

    (952) 563-4904

  • Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.

    Hopkins, MN · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (952) 935-3556

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Farmington

Which ZIP codes are in Farmington: 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.

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