Is New Prague's water safe to drink?
New Prague has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,247, over 2,985 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, New Prague ranks 8,720th by violation burden (32th percentile) - 5 violations total, 1 health-based.
How New Prague compares within MN
Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - New Prague's 1 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 New Prague is from 2008-04-12 (health-based: 2008-04-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
New Prague'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)
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
This is what New Prague 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 New Prague's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,720th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.