Is BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's water safe to drink?
BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 23,377 people get their water from it, across 8,447 connections.
How this compares nationally
BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES has 6 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,541th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 34th percentile nationally.
Against the SD average
SD's 74 covered systems average 3.0 health-based violations each; BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's record does not cover
BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.