- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- Lithium: found in 2 of 2 samples, average 17.3 µg/L, highest 17.4 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, May 2023–Oct 2023)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 19 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, above EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Faribault tap water? What EPA records show
EPA MN1660002 · serves Rice County, MN · about 23,718 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Faribault (EPA MN1660002)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Faribault's main utility, Faribault: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (MN1660002) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for Faribault, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (MN1660002) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Faribault (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 19 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, above EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Faribault use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Faribault. EPA record