Is St. Francis, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving St. Francis has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.
Saint Francis, 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 St. Francis’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Saint Francis
Minnesota · serves 5,200 people · about 3,900 in St. Francis
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Elk River
Minnesota · serves 19,532 people · about 1,300 in St. Francis
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Otsego
Minnesota · serves 19,000 people · about 490 in St. Francis
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near St. Francis
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to St. Francis, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Water Laboratories, Inc.
Elk River, MN · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Instrumental Research, Inc.
Fridley, MN · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
EMSL Analytical, Inc.
New Hope, MN · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in St. Francis: 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 St. Francis
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Saint Francis’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