Is Lakeville, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Lakeville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.
Lakeville, 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 Lakeville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Lakeville
Minnesota · serves 67,300 people · about 27,300 in Lakeville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Queen Anne Court
Minnesota · serves 400 people · about 220 in Lakeville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Territory Community
Minnesota · serves 320 people · about 140 in Lakeville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Stonebridge Estates
Minnesota · serves 100 people · nearly all in Lakeville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lakeville
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Lakeville, 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 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab
Bloomington, MN · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.
Hopkins, MN · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Lakeville
Which ZIP codes are in Lakeville: 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 Lakeville
Other towns in Dakota County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lakeville’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