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CONSUMERCONFIDENCEREPORT <br />You can find out if you have a lead service line by contacting your public water system, or you can <br />check by following the steps at: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/06/24/npr-find-lead-pipes- <br />in-your-home <br />The only way to know if lead has been reduced by letting it run is to check with a test. If letting the <br />water run does not reduce lead, consider other options to reduce your exposure. <br />2.Use cold water for drinking, making food, and making baby formula. Hot water releases more lead <br />from pipes than cold water. <br />3.Test your water. In most cases, letting the water run and using cold water for drinking and cooking <br />should keep lead levels low in your drinking water. If you are still concerned about lead, arrange with a <br />laboratory to test your tap water. Testing your water is important if young children or pregnant women <br />drink your tap water. <br />Contact a Minnesota Department of Health accredited laboratory to get a sample container and <br />instructions on how to submit a sample: <br />Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program <br />(https://eldo.web.health.state.mn.us/public/accreditedlabs/labsearch.seam) <br />The Minnesota Department of Health can help you understand your test results. <br />4.Treat your water if a test shows your water has high levels of lead after you let the water run. <br />Read about water treatment units: <br />Point-of-Use Water Treatment Units for Lead Reduction <br />(https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/factsheet/poulead.html) <br />Learn more: <br />VisitLead in Drinking Water <br />(https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/contaminants/lead.html) <br />Visit Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water (http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead) <br />Call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.To learn about how to reduce your <br />contact with lead from sources other than your drinking water, visit Lead Poisoning Prevention: <br />Common Sources (https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/lead/sources.html). <br />PUBLICWATERSUPPLYIDENTIFICATION(PWSID):1020036PAGE7 <br /> <br />