Montrose, 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.
Who runs the water here
Montrose serves about 3,915 people through 1,325 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 Wright County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1860016. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Montrose is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Montrose compares
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. Montrose's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in Minnesota and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Wright County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Montrose. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Joint Powers Water Board | 30,922 | 0 (not detected) |
| Otsego | 19,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buffalo | 16,711 | 2 ppb |
| Monticello | 15,087 | 4 ppb |
| Delano Municipal Utilities | 7,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockford | 4,863 | 2 ppb |
| Annandale | 3,430 | 1 ppb |
| Cokato | 2,792 | 1 ppb |
| Waverly | 2,234 | 36 ppb |
| Maple Lake | 2,215 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Montrose, MN
Look up your address in Montrose'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 Montrose 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.