Gem Lake, MN
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Gem Lake
Gem Lake serves about 60 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ramsey County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1620038; phone on file: 6517472790. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Ramsey County. 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) |
Next steps for Gem Lake, MN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gem Lake, 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 Gem Lake 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.