Is Jeffers, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Jeffers has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.
Jeffers, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Jeffers’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Jeffers
Minnesota · serves 369 people · under 100 in Jeffers
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Red Rock Rural Water System
Minnesota · serves 5,840 people · under 100 in Jeffers
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Jeffers
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Jeffers, 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 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Southwest Health and Human Services
Marshall, MN · about 40 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
UC Laboratory
Janesville, MN · about 72 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
ZIP codes in Jeffers
Which ZIP codes are in Jeffers: 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 Jeffers
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Jeffers’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water