Is Inver Grove Heights, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Inver Grove Heights have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records: Inver Grove Heights and Skyline Village Mobile Home Park.
Inver Grove Heights, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 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 Inver Grove Heights’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Inver Grove Heights
Minnesota · serves 34,189 people · about 30,400 in Inver Grove Heights
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
22 health-based violations since 2016
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Skyline Village Mobile Home Park
Minnesota · serves 1,185 people · nearly all in Inver Grove Heights
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
22 health-based violations since 2016
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Southridge Mobile Home Park
Minnesota · serves 40 people · nearly all in Inver Grove Heights
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Inver Grove Heights’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Inver Grove Heights
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Inver Grove Heights, 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 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab
Bloomington, MN · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Inver Grove Heights: 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 Inver Grove Heights
Other towns in Dakota County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Inver Grove Heights’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water