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Is The Lakes, MN tap water safe?

4 utilities serve The Lakes, 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 4 utilities serving The Lakes has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.

Tracy, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 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 The Lakes’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 Tracy’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near The Lakes

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 2 labs Minnesota certifies closest to The Lakes, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Southwest Health and Human Services

    Marshall, MN · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (507) 537-6713

  • Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc.

    New Ulm, MN · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (507) 354-8517

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

ZIP codes in The Lakes

Which ZIP codes are in The Lakes: 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 The Lakes

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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