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Is Mankato, MN tap water safe?

8 utilities serve Mankato, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

2 of the 8 utilities serving Mankato have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records: Gc Mankato Hill LLC and Hillcrest Health Care Center.

Mankato, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 34.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Mankato’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Mankato’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Mankato

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 Mankato, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • UC Laboratory

    Janesville, MN · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals

    (507) 234-5835

  • Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc.

    New Ulm, MN · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (507) 354-8517

  • RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Burnsville

    Burnsville, MN · about 57 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (952) 456-8470

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Mankato

Which ZIP codes are in Mankato: 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 Mankato

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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