Arden Hills, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Arden Hills
Arden Hills serves about 9,939 people through 2,654 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Ramsey County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1620001; phone on file: 6517927800. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Arden Hills is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Arden Hills compares
Of the 966 Minnesota systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 7 are over 15 ppb right now and 48 have gone over at some point. Arden Hills's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Minnesota and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Ramsey County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Arden Hills. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul Regional Water Services | 392,529 | 10 ppb |
| Roseville | 35,343 | 6 ppb |
| Shoreview | 26,750 | 1 ppb |
| White Bear Lake | 25,634 | 2 ppb |
| New Brighton | 22,902 | 2 ppb |
| Mounds View | 13,256 | 2 ppb |
| North Saint Paul | 13,134 | 2 ppb |
| Vadnais Heights | 13,025 | 1 ppb |
| White Bear Township | 11,699 | 1 ppb |
| Little Canada | 10,400 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Arden Hills, MN may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Arden Hills whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.