Is Park Rapids's water safe to drink?
Park Rapids has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,298 people through 1,593 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Park Rapids ranks 4,383th by violation burden (66th percentile) - 11 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the MN average
Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - Park Rapids's 4 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Park Rapids's most recent violation on record is dated 2013-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-03-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
The concern categories on record
Park Rapids'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 Park Rapids's record does not cover
Park Rapids'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. Between the utility's meter and Park Rapids's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,383th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.