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Meeker County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN093 · Meeker County 57 sys · 242 viol · #1898/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 35.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 66.9% health
  • RANK-MID #1898/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 57 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Pennington County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Meeker County ranks #1,898 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #45 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Meeker County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 35.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 66.9% 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 #1,898 of 3,254 · #45 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Meeker County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Pennington · near Kanabec · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 34.7% 34.8% 35.1% 36.1% 36.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Litchfield 6,786 10 Clean
Dassel 1,503 14 -
Eden Valley 1,042 0 -
Watkins 958 7 -
Grove Creek Raceway 950 0 -
Grove City 635 3 -
First Apostolic Lutheran Congregation 600 0 -
Cosmos 513 29 -
Old Apostolic Lutheran Church 450 0 -
Darwin 350 22 -
Kingston Mini-Mart 250 0 -
First District Association 200 31 -
Church of Our Lady of Manannah 175 0 -
St. John's Lutheran Church 150 0 -
Shaggy's Bonfire 150 6 -
Meeker County-Lake Koronis Regional Park 120 0 -
Lake Union Evangelical Covenant Church 110 0 -
Watkins Sportsmen's Club 100 5 -
Clear Lake Campground 100 11 -
Starlite Drive-In Theatre 100 0 -
Lakewood Campground 100 7 -
Meeker County-Spring Lake Park 100 0 -
Meeker County - West Ripley Park 100 7 -
A Maze'n Farmyard 100 0 -
Ebenezer Country Store 100 0 -
Kingston Community Center 100 0 -
Opal Foods, LLC-Egg Facility 85 7 -
Ostmark Lutheran Church 80 28 -
Schlauderaff Implement Company 75 7 -
First Evangelical Lutheran Church 75 0 -
Kingston Apostolic Lutheran Church 75 0 -
Meeker County-Forest City Shaw Memorial 60 14 -
Meeker County-Darwin/Dassel Park 55 0 -
Safe Basements 55 0 -
Idlewave Association 52 0 -
Lamson Evangelical Free Church 50 7 -
Haug Implement Company 50 0 -
Riverside Store and Tavern 50 0 -
Millner Heritage Vineyard and Winery 50 0 -
Spirit of Ripley Campground 50 0 -
Rosendale United Methodist Church 45 0 -
Meeker County - Clear Lake Park 40 0 -
Beckville Lutheran Church 40 0 -
Believer's Fellowship Mennonite Church 33 5 -
Darwin Rod and Gun Club 30 0 -
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church 30 0 -
City of Litchfield Campgrounds 30 0 -
Tire Center 30 8 -
Lake Jennie Evangelical Covenant Church 30 14 -
Meeker County-Darwin/Dassel South Unit 30 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Meeker County

Cross-state counties nearest Meeker County on flagged-system share (35.1%) and cumulative violation count (242). 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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