About the Project

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the Lead and Copper Rule to protect public health and reduce exposure to lead and copper in drinking water. All public water systems were required to submit a water service line inventory that documents the type of materials used for water service lines throughout the city to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to comply with this requirement. The City of Lake City concluded ours in August of 2024. A water service line is a pipe that brings clean water from the City’s main supply to homes and businesses for everyday use. 

 

Lake City submitted our inventory to the Minnesota Department of Health in August 2024, our inventory contained 0 lead lines, 228 galvanized lines that need to be replaced, 140 with unknown materials (no response to inventory request), and 2,099 non-lead lines.

The City will work with residents who have unknown service line types and help to identify them.

The service line inventory is publicly available and you can check the material of your service line and others in Lake City by viewing the Minnesota Department of Health’s Lead Inventory Tracking Tool at: https://maps.umn.edu/LSL/

Under the Lead and Copper Rule, the City will send notification letters to property owners whose service lines were listed as “unknown” or “galvanized requiring replacement”. Property owners who had confirmed non-lead service lines at the time of the August inventory will not receive a letter. It is important to note that we do not have record of any lead pipes in the City of Lake City water system.

For more information and other helpful documents, please see the left-hand column on this webpage.

If you have questions about Lake City’s Service Line Inventory, please contact us at 651-345-5383

or Public Works at 651-345-4711