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Benton County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN009 · Benton County 67 sys · 421 viol · #1413/3254

VIOL-HIGH · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-HIGH 44.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 59.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1413/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 67 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Carlton County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Benton County ranks #1,413 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #30 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Benton County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 44.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 59.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,413 of 3,254 · #30 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Benton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Brown · near Benton · this county Watonwan · highest 22.2% 42.9% 43.8% 44.7% 44.8% 45% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sauk Rapids 13,835 12 Detected
Foley 2,705 37 -
Rice 2,161 8 -
Mini Mart #10 825 0 -
Speedway #4453 750 0 -
Joy Christian Center 600 0 -
Annunciation Church 500 0 -
Rockwood Estates 400 38 -
St. Lawrence Parish and Church 385 7 -
Jack and Jims Bar 350 13 -
PoJo's 300 0 -
St. Cloud Campground and RV Park 300 0 -
Two Rivers Campground and Tubing 300 33 -
Gilman Community Park 275 0 -
Molitor's Grill Bar and Events 264 0 -
Church of St. Elizabeth 250 27 -
Summerland Sauk Rapids 250 0 -
Henry's Catering 250 0 -
Fischers Garden Mobile Home Park 220 35 -
St. Peter and Paul Church 200 13 -
Sugar Daddy's 200 6 -
Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church 175 11 -
Oakhill Golf Club 170 7 -
Wapicada Golf Course 157 6 -
Rollie's Rednecks and Longnecks 150 0 -
Goodfella's Bar and Grill 150 13 -
Northern Oaks Events 150 0 -
St. Patrick Catholic Church 140 0 -
Thermotech Windows 130 5 -
Fairview Gardens 130 0 -
Benton Utilities LLC 120 41 -
Coyote Moon Grille - Territory Golf Club 120 0 -
Glendorado Lutheran Church 110 7 -
Knife River 100 0 -
Rumors Bar and Grill 100 0 -
The Cove Utility Association 97 0 -
Lake Andrew Development 80 4 -
St. John's Lutheran Church 75 0 -
Benton Beach Campground 75 0 -
Countryside Seventh-Day Adventist Church 75 0 -
Maywood Covenant Church 75 0 -
Viking Land Harley Davidson 65 0 -
Graham United Methodist Church 60 7 -
Midwest Machinery Company 55 0 -
Bakko Brothers Properties 50 0 -
Granite City Motor Park 45 13 -
Stone Creek Golf Course 42 0 -
Gethsemane Lutheran Church 40 13 -
RDO Equipment 40 7 -
Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC 35 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Benton County

Cross-state counties nearest Benton County on flagged-system share (44.8%) and cumulative violation count (421). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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