What's in Inver Grove Heights's water?
Inver Grove Heights had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 34,189 people through 8,686 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Inver Grove Heights ranks 1,039th by violation burden (92th percentile) - 19 violations total, 18 health-baseds.
How Inver Grove Heights compares within MN
Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - Inver Grove Heights's 18 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 Inver Grove Heights is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 2025-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Inver Grove Heights'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
Everything on this page is Inver Grove Heights's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 18 health-based violations on file for Inver Grove Heights - 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.