Lake And Links Homeowners Association, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. 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
Lake And Links Homeowners Association serves about 63 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1400019; phone on file: 5079340720. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lake And Links Homeowners Association's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake And Links Homeowners Association is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Lake And Links Homeowners Association's 1 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Minnesota and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Le Sueur County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake And Links Homeowners Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Prague | 8,247 | 7 ppb |
| Lesueur | 4,170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery | 3,379 | 10 ppb |
| Le Center | 2,544 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterville | 1,868 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cleveland | 719 | 2 ppb |
| Kasota | 670 | 2 ppb |
| Elysian | 656 | 2 ppb |
| Kilkenny | 134 | 2 ppb |
| Webster Street Homes | 34 | 4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St. Peter, 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 Lake And Links Homeowners Association 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.