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Is Rochester, MN tap water safe?

8 utilities serve Rochester, 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

None of the 8 utilities serving Rochester has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.

Rochester, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.0 ppb, above the health goal. 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 Rochester’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 Rochester’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 Rochester

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

  • Southeastern Minnesota Water Analysis Laboratory

    Rochester, MN · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (507) 328-7495

  • Fillmore SWCD Water Quality Laboratory

    Preston, MN · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (507) 765-3878

  • Red Wing City Laboratory

    Red Wing, MN · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (651) 385-5143

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in Rochester

Which ZIP codes are in Rochester: 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 Rochester

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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