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Is Minnetrista, MN tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Minnetrista, 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 11 utilities serving Minnetrista have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records: Minnetrista and Crown College.

Mound, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16 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 Minnetrista’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Minnetrista

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Minnetrista than those above.

  • Medinaserves 4,205 people · under 100 in Minnetrista · 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 Mound’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 Minnetrista

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

  • Engel Water Testing, Inc.

    Minnetrista, MN · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (952) 955-1800

  • Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.

    Hopkins, MN · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (952) 935-3556

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.

    New Hope, MN · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (763) 449-4922

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Minnetrista

Which ZIP codes are in Minnetrista: 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 Minnetrista

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