Water Treatment in Edina, MN

The City of Edina reports its water at roughly 17 to 20 grains per gallon, which the U.S. Geological Survey classifies as "very hard" — several times harder than typical U.S. tap water. It is safe to drink, but hardness that high leaves scale on fixtures, spots on glassware and steadily shortens the life of water heaters and appliances, which is why softeners are so common across Edina.

No. Edina pumps its own municipal groundwater and does not soften it centrally, so it reaches your tap very hard at 17 to 20 grains per gallon. That is why a home softener is the standard fix here — unlike some neighboring suburbs whose city plants soften the water before it is distributed. We measure your exact hardness before sizing anything.

Edina draws from eighteen wells feeding four treatment plants, and only nine of those wells route through a plant for iron and manganese removal. Which well feeds your block changes what reaches your tap, so iron staining and taste genuinely vary across the city. The Morningside neighborhood differs again, on Minneapolis water. We assess your address so the system fits your water, not the average.

In the early 2000s, vinyl chloride from legacy industrial contamination of the Prairie du Chien aquifer was detected in an Edina well, which was shut down in 2003. In 2012 the city built a roughly $6 million air-stripper facility beneath the Brookside Avenue parking ramp to remove such compounds from affected wells. It reflects a well-run utility — and it is a fair reason many residents choose to add their own point-of-use treatment.

Yes. The Morningside neighborhood is supplied with treated surface water from the City of Minneapolis rather than Edina’s own groundwater wells, so it has a softer, different taste-and-treatment profile than the rest of the city. If you live in Morningside, we account for that when we assess your water and size any system, rather than assuming the standard Edina well-water setup.

Edina is in full federal compliance, but EWG lists several contaminants above its stricter health guidelines — chlorination byproducts, radium and trace PFAS. Whole-home carbon filtration and an under-sink reverse-osmosis system reduce these at home. A softener handles the hardness; RO and carbon handle the drinking-water contaminants. We recommend only what your water actually shows.