DrinkingWaterCheck

Winsted: EPA violation history, explained

Winsted's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 2,226 people through 896 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Winsted has 5 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 11,271th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 13th percentile nationally.

Against the MN average

Winsted's 0 health-based violations sit within the MN average of 0.8, across 254 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

Winsted's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/28/2026.

What Winsted's record does not cover

Winsted'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 Winsted's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,271th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.