Foley, MN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Foley at a glance
Foley serves about 2,711 people through 906 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Benton County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1050001; phone on file: 3209687260. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Foley is 4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
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. Foley'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 Benton County
7 other systems share Benton County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Foley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sauk Rapids | 13,835 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rice | 2,187 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockwood Estates | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benton Utilities Llc | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Cove Utility Association | 99 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fischers Garden Mobile Home Park | 91 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Andrew Development | 80 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Foley, MN
Look up your address in Foley'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 Foley 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.