What's in North Saint Paul's water?
North Saint Paul has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,134, over 4,744 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
North Saint Paul has 5 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,702th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 33th percentile nationally.
Against the MN average
MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; North Saint Paul carries 1, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
North Saint Paul's most recent violation on record is dated 2002-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
The concern categories on record
North Saint Paul'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)
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 North Saint Paul's record does not cover
This is what North Saint Paul 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 North Saint Paul's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,702th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.