Is Vadnais Heights, MN tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Vadnais Heights has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Minnesota’s records.
Vadnais Heights, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.4 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 Vadnais Heights’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Vadnais Heights
Minnesota · serves 13,025 people · about 4,200 in Vadnais Heights
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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White Bear Township
Minnesota · serves 11,699 people · about 1,700 in Vadnais Heights
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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White Bear Lake
Minnesota · serves 25,634 people · about 1,300 in Vadnais Heights
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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Five Star Mobile Home Park
Minnesota · serves 458 people · about 200 in Vadnais Heights
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Little Canada
Minnesota · serves 10,400 people · under 100 in Vadnais Heights
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Birchwood
Minnesota · serves 864 people · under 100 in Vadnais Heights
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Vadnais Heights’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Vadnais Heights
The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to Vadnais Heights, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Instrumental Research, Inc.
Fridley, MN · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
EMSL Analytical, Inc.
New Hope, MN · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Vadnais Heights: 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 Vadnais Heights
Other towns in Washington County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Vadnais Heights’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water