River Road Community, 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.
About River Road Community
River Road Community serves about 80 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Itasca County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1310017; phone on file: 2183981471. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
River Road Community's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for River Road Community is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
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. River Road Community's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Minnesota and the 7th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Itasca County
16 other systems share Itasca County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than River Road Community. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | 11,346 | 4 ppb |
| Coleraine | 1,997 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keewatin | 1,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cohasset Municipal Water System | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nashwauk | 971 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deer River | 942 | 3 ppb |
| Bovey | 821 | 3 ppb |
| Marble | 699 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laprairie | 653 | 3 ppb |
| Taconite | 644 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in River Road Community'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 River Road Community 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.