Minneapolis, MN 55401 · Utility tests 2013–2023
Minneapolis’s tap water has 19 contaminants, 10 above health guidelines.
- Water quality score
- 5out of 10Fair
Counts contaminants above an EWG health guideline, weighted by the harm the guideline protects against. 8 and above is good; 5 and above is fair.
- Above a health guideline
- 10of 19 found
- Linked to cancer
- 9above guideline
- In the SGS test program
- 3of 19 found
Contaminants found here that SGS measured the Sans Water Purifier against.
Water data: EWG Tap Water Database, utility test results 2013–2023. Guidelines are EWG health guidelines set by federal or state public-health authorities; legal limits differ.
What’s in the water
Level found: 20.4 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
340×Removed by RO
Level found: 15.4 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
154×Removed by RO
Level found: 16.7 ppb
Health guideline: 0.15 ppb
112×Removed by RO
Level found: 11.5 ppb
Health guideline: 0.2 ppb
58×Removed by RO
Level found: 2.9 ppb
Health guideline: 0.06 ppb
48×Removed by RO
Level found: 13.5 ppb
Health guideline: 0.4 ppb
34×Removed by RO
Level found: 3.16 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
32×Removed by RO
Level found: 0.31 ppb
Health guideline: 0.02 ppb
16×Tested · 98.6%
Level found: 0.892 ppm
Health guideline: 0.14 ppm
6.4×Tested · >99.9%
Level found: 0.306 ppb
Health guideline: 0.1 ppb
3.1×Removed by RO
10 of 19 contaminants
Tested: measured by SGS on the Sans Water Purifier, the lab’s own figure. Removed by RO: listed by EWG as reduced by reverse osmosis, the purifier’s filter type. Not tested: neither.
Where this report applies
Utilities serving zip 55401. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What the Sans Water Purifier is tested to reduce
SGS, an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory, measured the purifier’s reduction of 19 contaminants (Dec 2023 to Mar 2024). These are the worst in Minneapolis’s water that were in that program.
- Hexavalent chromium98.6%Maximum measured reduction
- Nitrate>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
- Fluoride>99.9%Maximum measured reduction
Figures are the laboratory’s own, measured under test conditions. Your tap water differs from the challenge water.