Is New Hope Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1991-07-01 → 1991-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1991-07-01 → 1991-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1991-07-01 → 1991-07-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0164 µg/L	4/4	2024

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	3.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	54.65 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 110 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	46 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 71 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	11 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	71.5 µg/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 104 µg/L	90/90	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.5 µg/L	56/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	9.235 µg/L 62% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 15.7 µg/L	54/90	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2024
Dibromochloromethane	0.5900 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6000 µg/L	3/128	SYR4	2012–2019

32 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Phone: 7635315110
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about New Hope

Is New Hope tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in New Hope'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 New Hope'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 New Hope serve?

New Hope reports serving 20,963 people in Minnesota, per its EPA record.

Has New Hope had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 3 violations on file for New Hope, 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.