Sandy Slopes Community, MN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Sandy Slopes Community serves about 158 people through 63 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1550027; phone on file: 5072801601. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Sandy Slopes Community's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandy Slopes Community is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sandy Slopes Community 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. Sandy Slopes Community's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Minnesota and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Olmsted County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandy Slopes Community. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 123,624 | 7 ppb |
| Stewartville | 6,850 | 3 ppb |
| Byron | 6,809 | 2 ppb |
| Eyota | 2,043 | 2 ppb |
| Oronoco | 2,040 | 2 ppb |
| Dover | 895 | 5 ppb |
| Chester Heights | 300 | 5 ppb |
| Zumbro Ridge Estates | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hallmark Terrace Mobile Home Park | 170 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadowbrook Addition | 125 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Rochester, MN
Look up your address in Sandy Slopes 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 Sandy Slopes 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.