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Brown County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN015 · Brown County 32 sys · 187 viol · #1653/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 43.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 68.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1653/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.9 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 32 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Waseca County ( -0.9 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Brown County ranks #1,653 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #39 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Brown County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 43.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 68.4% 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 #1,653 of 3,254 · #39 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Brown County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Brown · this county Benton · near 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
New Ulm 14,052 14 Clean
Sleepy Eye 3,599 0 Clean
Springfield 2,070 10 -
Flandrau State Park 750 7 -
Comfrey 402 0 -
Hanska 393 21 -
Lake Hanska Lutheran Church 320 13 -
St. John's Catholic Church 300 28 -
Leavenworth Township Water System 125 23 -
Sleepy Eye Golf Club 100 7 -
Christensen Farms 100 0 -
Evan 86 8 -
Shirley's Park and Country Retreat 75 0 -
Albion Lutheran Church 60 0 -
DNR Regional Headquarters 56 0 -
Central Region Cooperative- Agronomy Eas 50 24 -
Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club 46 0 -
Searles Bar & Grill 40 0 -
Essig Water Association 40 0 -
Fredin Brothers, Inc. 35 0 -
Cobden 33 0 -
Farmward Cooperative 30 13 -
Miller-Sellner Implement, Inc. 28 0 -
Lake Hanska County Park 25 0 -
Pomps Tire Service, Inc. 25 0 -
Brown County Rural Electric Association 25 0 -
Springfield Co-op Creamery Assn. 25 0 -
Laraway Roofing 25 0 -
Central Region Cooperative-Hanska 25 7 -
Lost Dog and Fox Hunters County Park 25 7 -
Sigel Ball Park 25 5 -
Veterans Lakeside Getaway 25 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Brown County

Cross-state counties nearest Brown County on flagged-system share (43.8%) and cumulative violation count (187). 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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