Park Rapids, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Park Rapids
Park Rapids serves about 4,298 people through 1,593 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 Hubbard County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1290003; phone on file: 2187323163. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Park Rapids's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Park Rapids is 10 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 10 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. Park Rapids's 5 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Minnesota and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Hubbard County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Park Rapids. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Akeley | 426 | 2 ppb |
| Nevis | 390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Piney Park Mobile Home Park | 160 | 4 ppb |
| Laporte | 138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sundsruds Court | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gentle Breezes Trailer Park | 25 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Park Rapids, 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 Park Rapids 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.