Vadnais Heights, MN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Vadnais Heights at a glance
Vadnais Heights serves about 13,025 people through 4,198 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ramsey County, Minnesota. EPA system ID: MN1620030. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Vadnais Heights's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vadnais Heights is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Vadnais Heights's 1 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Minnesota and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Ramsey County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vadnais Heights. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul Regional Water Services | 392,529 | 10 ppb |
| Roseville | 35,343 | 6 ppb |
| Shoreview | 26,750 | 1 ppb |
| White Bear Lake | 25,634 | 2 ppb |
| New Brighton | 22,902 | 2 ppb |
| Mounds View | 13,256 | 2 ppb |
| North Saint Paul | 13,134 | 2 ppb |
| White Bear Township | 11,699 | 1 ppb |
| Little Canada | 10,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arden Hills | 9,939 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vadnais Heights, 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 Vadnais Heights 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.