Brainerd: EPA violation history, explained
Brainerd has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 14,670 people through 5,149 service connections.
Brainerd's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Brainerd ranks 7,004th by violation burden (46th percentile) - 3 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How Brainerd compares within MN
MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; Brainerd carries 2, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Brainerd is from 2009-01-10 (health-based: 2009-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Brainerd'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is Brainerd'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 Brainerd's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,004th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.