What's in LaCrescent's water?
LaCrescent has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,257, over 2,095 connections.
LaCrescent's record against the rest of the country
LaCrescent has 4 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,593th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 57th percentile nationally.
Against the MN average
LaCrescent's 3 health-based violations sit above the MN average of 0.8, across 254 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
LaCrescent's most recent violation on record is dated 2002-05-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-05-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
The concern categories on record
LaCrescent'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 LaCrescent's record does not cover
This is what LaCrescent 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 - 3 health-based violations on file for LaCrescent - 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.