Eveleth: EPA violation history, explained
Eveleth had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,770 people get their water from it, across 1,749 connections.
Eveleth's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Eveleth ranks 3,172th by violation burden (75th percentile) - 15 violations total, 6 health-baseds.
How Eveleth compares within MN
Eveleth's 6 health-based violations sit above the MN average of 0.8, across 254 systems statewide. 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 Eveleth is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Eveleth'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 Eveleth'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 Eveleth's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,172th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.