What's in Anoka's water?
Anoka has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 17,798 people get their water from it, across 5,264 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Anoka ranks 4,206th by violation burden (67th percentile) - 19 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the MN average
MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; Anoka carries 4, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Anoka's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-08-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
The concern categories on record
Anoka's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Anoka's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Anoka's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and Anoka's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,206th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.