Is Savage's water safe to drink?
Savage had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 30,285 people get their water from it, across 10,445 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Savage ranks 3,809th by violation burden (70th percentile) - 7 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How Savage compares within MN
MN's 254 covered systems average 0.8 health-based violations each; Savage carries 5, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Savage is from 2024-01-04 (health-based: 2024-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Savage'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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what Savage 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.