Is Spicer, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Spicer has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records: Spicer.
Spicer, 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 Spicer’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Spicer
Minnesota · serves 1,225 people · under 100 in Spicer
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Glacial Lakes Sanitary Sewer/Water Dist
Minnesota · serves 1,335 people · under 100 in Spicer
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Lighthouse at Spicer
Minnesota · serves 36 people · under 100 in Spicer
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 6.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Spicer
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Spicer, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Traut Water Analysis Lab
St. Joseph, MN · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Steven M. Traut Wells, Inc.
Alexandria, MN · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Engel Water Testing, Inc.
Minnetrista, MN · about 63 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Spicer
Which ZIP codes are in Spicer: 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 Spicer
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Spicer’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water