Carleton College, 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 Carleton College
Carleton College serves about 2,485 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Rice County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1660013. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Carleton College is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Minnesota systems
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. Carleton College's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Minnesota and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Rice County
13 other systems share Rice County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Carleton College. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Faribault | 23,718 | 19 ppb |
| Northfield | 20,790 | 3 ppb |
| Lonsdale | 5,079 | 1 ppb |
| Mn Correctional Facility - Faribault | 2,103 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dundas | 1,490 | 3 ppb |
| Morristown | 987 | 3 ppb |
| Nerstrand | 299 | 0 (not detected) |
| Webster | 190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rolling Green First Addition | 110 | 1 ppb |
| Millstone Creek Mobile Home Park | 90 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Carleton College'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 Carleton College 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.