Briarwood Subdivision, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Briarwood Subdivision serves about 90 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1550035; phone on file: 5072822243. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Briarwood Subdivision's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Briarwood Subdivision is 1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Briarwood Subdivision 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. Briarwood Subdivision's 1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Minnesota and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Olmsted County
16 other systems share Olmsted County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Briarwood Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 123,624 | 7 ppb |
| Stewartville | 6,850 | 3 ppb |
| Byron | 6,809 | 2 ppb |
| Eyota | 2,043 | 2 ppb |
| Oronoco | 2,040 | 2 ppb |
| Dover | 895 | 5 ppb |
| Chester Heights | 300 | 5 ppb |
| Zumbro Ridge Estates | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hallmark Terrace Mobile Home Park | 170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandy Slopes Community | 158 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rochester, MN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rochester, 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 Briarwood Subdivision whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1540 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.