Sargeant, MN
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Sargeant serves about 61 people through 34 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Mower County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1500015; phone on file: 5075672008. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Sargeant's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sargeant is 70 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 ppb |
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 10 ppb |
| 2024 | 8 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 70 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 2 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. Sargeant's 5 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Minnesota and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Mower County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sargeant. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Utilities | 26,174 | 1 ppb |
| Grand Meadow | 1,154 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leroy | 959 | 3 ppb |
| Brownsdale | 682 | 2 ppb |
| Adams | 672 | 2 ppb |
| Lyle | 521 | 0 (not detected) |
| Racine | 482 | 1 ppb |
| Rose Creek | 411 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dexter | 338 | 3 ppb |
| Lansing Township | 180 | 15 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sargeant, 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 Sargeant 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.