Belle Plaine, MN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine serves about 7,456 people through 2,664 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 groundwater, in Scott County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1700001; phone on file: 9528735553. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Belle Plaine is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Belle Plaine 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. Belle Plaine's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Minnesota and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Scott County
16 other systems share Scott County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Belle Plaine. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Shakopee | 47,000 | 2 ppb |
| Savage | 30,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prior Lake | 29,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jordan | 6,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elko New Market | 5,003 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bonnevista Terrace Mobile Home Park | 579 | 0 (not detected) |
| Territory Community | 320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson Heights Mobile Home Park | 220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mobile Manor Mobile Home Park | 197 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westridge Lake Estates | 180 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Belle Plaine, MN
Look up your address in Belle Plaine's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Belle Plaine 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.