Is Savage, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Savage has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records: Savage.
Savage, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.1 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 Savage’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Savage
Minnesota · serves 30,285 people · nearly all in Savage
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Prior Lake
Minnesota · serves 29,300 people · about 520 in Savage
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
Water testing near Savage
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Savage, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Burnsville
Burnsville, MN · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Tri-City/William Lloyd Analytical Lab
Bloomington, MN · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals
Twin City Water Clinic, Inc.
Hopkins, MN · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Savage: 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 Savage
Other towns in Scott County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Savage’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