Is Prior Lake's water safe to drink?

Prior Lake's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 25,282, over 9,771 connections.

Prior Lake's record against the rest of the country

1 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Prior Lake at the 5th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,306 of 12,903.

Against the MN average

Prior Lake's 0 health-based violations sit within the MN average of 0.8, across 254 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

What Prior Lake's record does not cover

This is what Prior Lake 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. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Prior Lake - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.