Is Rochester's water safe to drink?

Rochester's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 123,624 people get their water from it, across 42,243 connections.

Rochester's record against the rest of the country

1 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Rochester at the 5th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,242 of 12,903.

How Rochester compares within MN

Rochester'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 this data is and is not

Everything on this page is Rochester's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Rochester - 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.