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Becker County, Minnesota

148 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 26,898 people in Becker County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

148
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
1,010
Total violations Middle third of counties
38.5%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN005 · Becker County 148 sys · 1,010 viol · #1479/3254

VIOL-HIGH · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-HIGH 38.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 67.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1479/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +1.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 148 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Cass County ( -1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Becker County ranks #1,479 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #33 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Becker County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 38.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 67.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,479 of 3,254 · #33 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Becker County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Becker County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Cass · near Itasca · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 36.4% 37.5% 38.5% 40.2% 40.8% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Becker County

Cross-state counties nearest Becker County on flagged-system share (38.5%) and cumulative violation count (1,010). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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