Is Empire Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Dakota

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-01-01 → 2000-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-01-01 → 2000-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-01-01 → 2000-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2000-01-01 → 2000-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Fluoride	1390 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1600 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	750.45 µg/L 58% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1310 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	4.32 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6.3 µg/L	10/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Chloroform	11.705 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	8/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	5/10	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	13.4 pCi/L 89% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 14 pCi/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.63 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	132 µg/L 6.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2014
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	1/1	LCR	2023

37 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitrate-NitriteSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Phone: 6514634494
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Empire

Is Empire tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Empire's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Empire's water?

EPA monitoring detected Fluoride, Copper, Lead, Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Empire serve?

Empire reports serving 3,152 people in Minnesota, per its EPA record.

Has Empire had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 4 violations on file for Empire, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.