What's in Elko New Market's water?
Elko New Market has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,003 people get their water from it, across 1,706 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Elko New Market ranks 4,409th by violation burden (66th percentile) - 10 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How Elko New Market compares within MN
MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; Elko New Market carries 4, 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 Elko New Market is from 2017-01-04 (health-based: 2012-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Elko New Market'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 this data is and is not
Elko New Market'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. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for Elko New Market - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.