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Savage

Serves Savage, Scott County, MN · 30,285 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Savage in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Combined Radium (-226 and -228) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • MN1700008
  • SAVAGE
  • MN
  • 30,285 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 55378
EPA system ID MN1700008

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Savage draws water from 8 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), 6.3 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.3 times the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Minnesota, August 2024.
  • Record on file since 1987, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,065 unknown out of 10,125 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.2 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (at or just above the limit)
 340 Apr 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6.3 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.3 times the limit)
 340 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 1987

EPA's records for Savage go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 1 0
1990s 2 1
2020s 2 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, began July 1999, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1999 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1999 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1987 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Minnesota regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Savage in 2024, filed as 2 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 14, 2024 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

What the violations mean

Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

2 incidents

Test results for Combined Radium (-226 and -228) were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

Savage draws water from 8 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Burnsville. It also has emergency connections to Prior Lake and Shakopee. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Savage.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Savage must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Minnesota.

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