Water
The water distribution system serves approximately 4,200 customers in the City of Virginia. The water source is an abandoned mine pit with an ample supply of high quality water. The current raw water pumping facility was built in 1990 and houses two 2,000 gallons per minute (gpm) submersible pumps. Conventional water treatment assures compliance with all EPA and Minnesota Department of Health requirements for potable water.
Statistical Data
| Storage Capacity | 4,500,000 gallons |
| Pumping Capacity | 5,000,000 gallons per day |
| Average Demand | 2,100,000 gallons per day |
| Peak Demand | 3,100,000 gallons per day |
| Tap Water Hardness | 240 parts per million |
2023 Consumer Confidence Water Report
Lead Service Line Inventory
In 1974, Congress enacted the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to help protect America’s drinking water by providing standards to public water system operators. The SDWA was recently amended to require all public water systems in the United States to create a lead service line inventory. To comply with these revisions, Virginia Public Utilities is required to create a material inventory of all water services that are connected to the distribution system throughout the City.
Public water systems must create an inventory regardless of service line ownership. In Virginia, the property owner owns the entire water service from the water main into the building. To create the inventory, we asked for some help from the citizens and property owners throughout the city by sending us information and a few pictures of your water service.
Virginia Public Utilities has completed and submitted our Initial Water Service Line Materials Inventory to the Minnesota Department of Health. The service line inventory is publicly available, and you can check the materials for your service line by visiting the Lead Inventory Tracking Tool (LITT) at https://maps.umn.edu/LSL/. You may also contact us at 218-748-7540 or email at water@vpuc.com.
To complete the service line inventory, we reviewed construction records and requested information from the residents of Virginia. As of October 16, 2024, our inventory contains 0-lead, 65-galvanized requiring replacement, 1775-unknown material, and 1944-non-lead service lines.
If you have not yet identified your water service pipe material, please click on the following links for an identification guide and an instruction sheet on how to take and submit three photos of your water service to Virginia Public Utilities.
Water Service Pipe Material Identification Guide
Instruction Sheet
Your cooperation and assistance are greatly appreciated.