What's in Fairmont's water?
Fairmont has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 10,328, over 4,425 connections.
Fairmont's record against the rest of the country
Fairmont has 6 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,490th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 57th percentile nationally.
Against the MN average
Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - Fairmont's 3 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Fairmont's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
The concern categories on record
Fairmont'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
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite
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 Fairmont's record does not cover
This is what Fairmont 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. 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.