Is Prior Lake, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Prior Lake has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.
Prior Lake, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Prior Lake’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Prior Lake
Minnesota · serves 29,300 people · about 5,900 in Prior Lake
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 18.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Shakopee
Minnesota · serves 47,000 people · about 2,200 in Prior Lake
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Territory Community
Minnesota · serves 320 people · about 110 in Prior Lake
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bonnevista Terrace Mobile Home Park
Minnesota · serves 579 people · under 100 in Prior Lake
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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South Water Treatment Plant (Swtp)
Minnesota · serves 24,959 people · based in Prior Lake
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Prior Lake
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Prior Lake, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab
Bloomington, MN · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Burnsville
Burnsville, MN · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.
Hopkins, MN · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Prior Lake: 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 Prior Lake
Other towns in Scott County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Prior Lake’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water