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Lead in Drinking Water Drinking Water You may be in contact with lead through paint, water, dust, soil, food, hobbies, or your job. Coming Sources in contact with lead can cause serious health problems for everyone. There is no safe level of lead. Minnesota's primary drinking Babies, children under six years, and pregnant women are at the highest risk. water sources are groundwater and surface water. Groundwater is Lead is rarely in a drinking water source, but it can get in your drinking water as it passes through the water found in aquifers lead service Imes and your household plumbing system White Bear Township is responsible for beneath the surface of the land. providing high quality drinking water, but it cannot control the plumbing matey ials used in private Groundwater supplies 75 percent buildings. of Minnesota's drinking water. Surface water is the water in lakes, rivers, and streams above the Read below to learn ho%v you can protect yourself from lead in drinking water. surface of the land. Surface water 1. Let the water run for 30-60 seconds before using it for drinking or cooking if the water has not supplies 25 percent of Minnesota's drinking water. been fumed on inover six hours. If you have a lead service line, you may need to let the water run longer. A service line is the underground pipe that brings water r,.-nn the main water pipe Contaminants can get in drinking under the street to your horne. water sources from the natural • You can find out if you have a lead service line by contacting your public water system, or environment and from people's you can check by following the steps at: https://wwtv.nipiriews.org/story/2016/06/24/npr- daily activities. find -lead -pipes -in -your -home We may have done additional • The only way to know if lead has been reduced by letting it run is to check with a test. If monitoring for contaminants that letting the water run does not reduce lead, consider other options to reduce your are not included in the Safe exposure. Drinking Water Act. To request a 2 Use cold water for drinking, making food, and making baby formula. Hot water releases more copy of these results, call the lead from pipes than -)Id water. Minnesota Department of Health at 651.201-4700 or 1-800-818- Test your water. It. most cases, :etting the water r un and using cold water for drinking and 9318 between 8 00 a m. and 4:30 cooking should keep lead levels low in Your drinking water. If you are still concerned about lead, p.m., Monday through Friday. arrange with a laboratory to test ycur tap %vater Testing your water is important if young children or pregnant women d,,nk your tap water. The Minnesota Department Health provides information a bout a . Contact a Minnesota Department of Health accredited laboratory to get a sample container your drinking water source(s) in a and instructions on hos to submit a sample: Environmental Labo!atory Accreditation Program (https://eldo web. health state.mn.us/ source water assessment, including: public/accredrtedlabs/lab search. seam) The Minnesota Department of Health can help you understand your test results- • How White Bear Township , , protecting your drinking -1 Treat your water if a test shows your water has high levels of lead after you let the water run water source(sr • Read about water treatment units: • Nearby tr . - , Point -of -Use Water Treatment Units for Lead Reduction (https://www.health-state.mn.us/ drink, . oter sources; communities/environment/water/factsheet/poulead. html) • H: .sdy water and " .'ion can move from the Learn more: sur: , - J the land into • Visit Lead in Drinking Water (https://www.healthstate.mn.us/communities/environment/ drinku ler sources, based water/contaminants/lead.html) on natura 1gy and the • Visit Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water (http://www-ei)a.gov/safewatei/lead) way wells art 'rutted. • Call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.To learn about how to reduce your contact with lead from sources other than your drinking water, visit Lead Poisoning Prevention: Common Sources (https://www.health.state,mn.tis/communities/environment/lead/ Find your source water assessment at Source Water Assessments (https:// www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/swp/swa) or call 651-201-4700 or 1-800-818-9318 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Page 5