DrinkingWaterCheck

Newport: EPA violation history, explained

Newport's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 4,000, over 961 connections.

Newport's record against the rest of the country

Newport has 3 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 11,739th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 9th percentile nationally.

How Newport compares within MN

Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - Newport's 0 is at or below that. 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 Newport is from 1997-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.

What this data is and is not

This is what Newport 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 Newport's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,739th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.