Hastings: EPA violation history, explained
Hastings has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 23,222, over 7,601 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Hastings has 5 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,563th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
How Hastings compares within MN
Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - Hastings's 4 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Hastings is from 2021-01-10 (health-based: 2021-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Hastings'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:
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is nitrate / nitrite, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Hastings'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 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.