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Is Pequot Lakes, MN tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Pequot Lakes, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Pequot Lakes has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.

Pequot Lakes, 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 Pequot Lakes’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Pequot Lakes

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

  • A.W. Research Laboratories, Inc.

    Brainerd, MN · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (218) 829-7974

  • Traut Water Analysis Lab

    St. Joseph, MN · about 63 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (320) 251-5090

  • Steven M. Traut Wells, Inc.

    Alexandria, MN · about 68 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (320) 762-1528

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Pequot Lakes

Which ZIP codes are in Pequot Lakes: 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 Pequot Lakes

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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