Is Columbia Heights Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Anoka

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-08-01 → 2025-08-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-08-01 → 2025-08-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-08-01 → 2025-08-31
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0113 µg/L	3/3	2025

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	5.13 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.4 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	40 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	30.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 48 µg/L	127/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	9.36 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	125/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	78.18 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 183 µg/L	93/93	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.09 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.2 µg/L	63/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	7.575 µg/L 51% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 21.3 µg/L	50/93	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2025
Dibromochloromethane	0.6000 µg/L No EPA limit set	10/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	16 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/128	SYR4	2012–2019

31 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Phone: 7637063606
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Columbia Heights

Is Columbia Heights tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Columbia Heights's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Columbia Heights's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, Trichloroacetic Acid, Copper, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Columbia Heights serve?

Columbia Heights reports serving 22,278 people in Minnesota, per its EPA record.

Has Columbia Heights had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 7 violations on file for Columbia Heights, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.