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Kittson County, Minnesota

8 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 5,075 people in Kittson County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

8
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
79
Total violations Lower third of counties
75.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN069 · Kittson County 8 sys · 79 viol · #2782/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 75.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2782/3254
  • BELOW-PEER 1.2 pp cleaner
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Norman County (+ 1.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kittson County ranks #2,782 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #78 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kittson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 75.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Kittson County . Population served ranks #2,782 of 3,254 · #78 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kittson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Norman · near Lincoln · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 75% 76.2% 76.5% 77.8% 78.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kittson Marshall Water 2,752 8 -
Hallock 850 19 -
Karlstad 713 17 -
Lancaster 361 12 -
Kennedy 181 16 -
Lake Bronson 168 7 -
Galilee Lutheran Bible Camp 25 0 -
Lake Bronson State Park 25 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Kittson County

Cross-state counties nearest Kittson County on flagged-system share (75.0%) and cumulative violation count (79). 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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