What's in Minneapolis's water?
Minneapolis has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 425,300 people through 97,289 service connections.
Minneapolis's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Minneapolis ranks 6,981th by violation burden (46th percentile) - 3 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How Minneapolis compares within MN
MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; Minneapolis carries 2, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Minneapolis is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2004-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Minneapolis'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what Minneapolis 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. Between the utility's meter and Minneapolis's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,981th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.