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Olmsted County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN109 · Olmsted County 83 sys · 573 viol · #426/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 50.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 43.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #426/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 83 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: St. Louis County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Olmsted County ranks #426 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Olmsted County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 50.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 43.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #426 of 3,254 · #8 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Olmsted County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest St. Louis · near Clearwater · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 50.4% 50.5% 50.6% 51.7% 51.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Rochester 123,624 1 Detected
Stewartville 6,850 17 Clean
Byron 6,312 14 Clean
Eyota 2,043 9 -
Oronoco 2,040 4 -
Marion Wayside Rest Area MNDOT 1,336 20 -
Dover 792 13 -
Oronoco Estates MHC 505 10 -
Crosswinds Church 400 0 -
Chester Heights 300 7 -
Zumbro Ridge Estates 270 59 -
Rochester Tennis Connection 250 0 -
St. Bridget's Catholic Church 200 7 -
South Zumbro Lutheran Church 200 21 -
Hallmark Terrace Mobile Home Park 170 6 -
Sandy Slopes Community 158 4 -
Salem Road Covenant Church 140 0 -
Meadowbrook Addition 125 0 -
Domaille Engineering LLC 120 9 -
Hidden Meadows RV Park 104 0 -
Shar's Country Palace 100 6 -
Gamehaven Boy Scout Camp (WR-4) 100 0 -
Leashes and Leads 100 13 -
Briarwood Subdivision 90 30 -
Quarry Hill Nature Center 82 0 -
Mayowood Mansion 81 7 -
Chosen Valley Mobile Home Park 73 19 -
Willow Creek Campground 70 0 -
Clearwater Well Company 65 7 -
Country Home Trailer Park 56 40 -
American Fence Company 55 0 -
Sunrise Mobile Home Park 50 18 -
Douglas Saloon and Social Club 50 7 -
East St. Olaf Lutheran Church 50 27 -
Chesterwoods Park 50 7 -
All Craft Exteriors 50 27 -
Gar-Lin Dairy 45 0 -
Lrs 42 0 -
Kings Park - Hyland Addition 40 3 -
Rochester Welding Inc. 40 0 -
Rochester KOA Campground 40 7 -
Sargent's Landscape Nursery 40 0 -
Superior Plumbing & Heating 35 0 -
Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 10 30 0 -
Midwest Manufacturing 30 7 -
Our Lady of The Rosary Chapel 30 6 -
Maple Valley Golf Course 30 0 -
Stewartville Sportman's Club 30 13 -
Arnold's of Eyota 30 0 -
Watson Recycling 30 0 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Olmsted County

Cross-state counties nearest Olmsted County on flagged-system share (50.6%) and cumulative violation count (573). 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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