DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in Blaine's water?

Blaine has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 70,220, over 22,991 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

4 total violations and 3 health-based ones put Blaine at the 57th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,568 of 12,903.

How Blaine compares within MN

Blaine's 3 health-based violations sit above the MN average of 0.8, across 254 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for Blaine is from 2007-11-01 (health-based: 2007-11-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

Blaine'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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what Blaine reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 4 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.