What's in Empire's water?

Empire's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 3,152 people through 819 service connections.

Empire's record against the rest of the country

1 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Empire at the 3th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,500 of 12,903.

Against the MN average

MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; Empire carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

Empire's most recent violation on record is dated 2000-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.

What Empire's record does not cover

This is what Empire 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. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Empire - 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.