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Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN095 · Mille Lacs County 93 sys · 566 viol · #1745/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 47.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 74.9% health
  • RANK-MID #1745/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 93 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Mille Lacs County ranks #1,745 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Mille Lacs County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 47.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 74.9% 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 #1,745 of 3,254 · #41 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Mille Lacs County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Mille Lacs · this county McLeod · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 45% 47.3% 47.3% 48.7% 49.1% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Princeton 5,146 17 Detected
Milaca 3,043 17 -
New Life Christian Center 1,000 0 -
Isle 820 7 -
Onamia 789 2 -
Mille Lacs Island Resort 600 72 -
Broberg's Country Store 500 0 -
Foreston 340 5 -
Koch's Hardware Hank 300 11 -
CareFree Acres Campsite Assn. 300 0 -
Dairy Queen-Onamia 275 0 -
Rum River Wayside Rest MNDOT 250 0 -
Izatys Townhouse Association 250 29 -
Pease 242 10 -
Zion Lutheran Church 230 0 -
Milaca Alliance Church 210 0 -
Bethel Christian Reformed Church 200 10 -
Happy's Drive In 200 7 -
Father Hennepin State Park 200 27 -
Lake Stop 200 7 -
Hairy Mosquito Trading Company 200 0 -
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 180 0 -
Izaty's Resort 150 0 -
Mille Lacs Super Stop 150 0 -
MSA Flagship Inn 150 0 -
Gateway One Stop 150 0 -
Rough Cut Bar and Grill 150 7 -
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church 150 0 -
Northern Lights Ballroom & Banquet Cente 150 0 -
LDS Church - Princeton 140 0 -
Clyde's Wood Fire Grill 125 2 -
Reed's Mille Lacs Lake Outpost Store 125 0 -
Estes Brook Evangelical Free Church 120 5 -
Timber Bay Camp and Retreat Center 120 0 -
Opstead Baptist Church 100 0 -
Veterans Club 100 0 -
Johnson's Portside 100 0 -
Blaze Credit Union 100 7 -
Tulibee Tavern 100 28 -
Chico's Place 100 6 -
Nitti's Hunter's Point Resort 100 6 -
Breakers of Sunset Bay Association Inc. 100 10 -
Mille Lacs Northern Skys RV Resorts 100 6 -
Eddy's Resort, LLC 100 0 -
Mugg's of Mille Lacs 100 0 -
Long Siding Station 100 0 -
Bock 83 0 -
Green Acres Mobile Home Park 80 12 -
Beachside Resort 80 0 -
St. Paul's Lutheran Church 80 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Mille Lacs County

Cross-state counties nearest Mille Lacs County on flagged-system share (47.3%) and cumulative violation count (566). 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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