Is Melrose's water safe to drink?
Melrose has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,886, over 1,629 connections.
Melrose's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Melrose ranks 6,881th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 5 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How Melrose compares within MN
Melrose's 2 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 Melrose is from 1999-01-09 (health-based: 1999-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Melrose'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: Coliform (TCR)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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
Melrose'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.