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Douglas County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN041 · Douglas County 153 sys · 1,199 viol · #1337/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 54.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 72.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1337/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 153 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sherburne County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Douglas County ranks #1,337 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #26 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Douglas County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 54.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 72.4% 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 #1,337 of 3,254 · #26 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Douglas County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Morrison · near Sherburne · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 54.4% 54.6% 54.9% 55% 55% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Alexandria 15,000 18 Detected
Osakis 1,780 33 -
Lake Latoka Rest Area MNDOT 1,001 101 -
Brothers Market 900 0 -
Evansville 603 0 -
Brandon 501 11 -
Carlos 492 1 -
Nelson Memorial Ballpark 400 0 -
Garfield 350 4 -
Lake Carlos State Park 350 19 -
Carlos Creek Winery 300 0 -
Kensington 264 11 -
St. Nicholas Catholic Church 250 7 -
Lazy Days Campground 250 0 -
Brenton Engineering Company 215 33 -
Church of Seven Dolors 200 7 -
Eden Acres Estates Association 200 14 -
Crooked Willow 200 0 -
Cottage Grove Resort Association 192 8 -
Big Foot Resort 182 35 -
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 180 7 -
Reach Church 175 7 -
Hi View Park 150 52 -
Miltona Elementary School 150 0 -
Leaf Valley Mercantile 150 7 -
Luther Crest Bible Camp 145 0 -
Elmwood Resort Association 140 22 -
Eden Acres Hide-A-Way Resort 130 0 -
SunOpta 120 14 -
Happy's Landing Co-op Association 110 0 -
Eagle's Landing Development 107 6 -
Sun Valley Resort Association 100 13 -
Diamond Jim's 100 13 -
Lake Miltona Golf Club 100 7 -
Alexandria Golf Club 100 0 -
Faith Lutheran Church 100 6 -
Andes Tower Hills 100 0 -
Geneva Golf Club 100 7 -
Alexandria Shooting Park 100 28 -
Wildridge RV Association 92 7 -
Lake Andrew Resort Association 90 21 -
Big Horn Cove Association 90 0 -
Oak Park Campground 86 14 -
Turtle Crossing HOA 84 7 -
Ebenezer Lutheran Church 80 0 -
Brophy Lake Resort 80 13 -
Alexandria Community Christian School 80 7 -
Arrowwood Resort 80 25 -
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church 75 6 -
Miltona Municipal Liquor Store 75 7 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Douglas County

Cross-state counties nearest Douglas County on flagged-system share (54.9%) and cumulative violation count (1,199). 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.

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Similar violation load

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

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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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