Pine Island, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Who runs the water here
Pine Island serves about 3,380 people through 1,447 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 Goodhue County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1250012; phone on file: 5073564591. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Island is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Pine Island 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. Pine Island's 1 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Minnesota and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Goodhue County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Island. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Red Wing | 16,459 | 2 ppb |
| Cannon Falls | 4,237 | 0 (not detected) |
| Zumbrota | 3,172 | 2 ppb |
| Kenyon | 1,892 | 5 ppb |
| Goodhue | 1,200 | 2 ppb |
| Wanamingo | 1,113 | 1 ppb |
| Dennison | 220 | 2 ppb |
| Mn Correctional Facility - Red Wing | 170 | 1 ppb |
| Bellechester | 169 | 8 ppb |
| Goodhue County Coop Electric | 143 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pine Island, 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 Pine Island 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.