Lakeland Municipal Water, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
About Lakeland Municipal Water
Lakeland Municipal Water serves about 3,500 people through 1,184 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1820029; phone on file: 6514364430. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakeland Municipal Water is 3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 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. Lakeland Municipal Water's 2 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Minnesota and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
28 other systems share Washington County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakeland Municipal Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Woodbury | 82,643 | 3 ppb |
| Cottage Grove | 42,760 | 3 ppb |
| Oakdale | 30,144 | 2 ppb |
| Stillwater | 19,462 | 2 ppb |
| Hugo | 12,047 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forest Lake | 11,800 | 2 ppb |
| Lake Elmo | 10,978 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mahtomedi | 8,818 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saint Paul Park | 5,427 | 1 ppb |
| Oak Park Heights | 4,776 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakeland, 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 Lakeland Municipal Water 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.