County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Pennington County, Minnesota
23 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 10,114 people in Pennington County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 23
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 418
- Total violations Lower third of counties
- 34.8%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 100.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Upper third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet MN113 · Pennington County 23 sys · 418 viol · #2345/3254
VIOL-MID · HEALTH-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-MID 34.8% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 27.0% health
- RANK-LOWER #2345/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 96%
- SYS-SMALL 23 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hubbard County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pennington County ranks #2,345 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #59 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.
Pennington County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 34.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 27.0% 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 #2,345 of 3,254 · #59 of 87 in Minnesota.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pennington County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Pennington County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thief River Falls | 8,701 | 109 | Detected |
| Saint Hilaire | 257 | 14 | - |
| Falls Cinema | 140 | 0 | - |
| Goodridge | 100 | 6 | - |
| Oak Park Lutheran Church | 100 | 0 | - |
| Johnson's Riverside, Inc. | 100 | 0 | - |
| Country Estates Mobile Home Park | 90 | 32 | - |
| Arctic Cat Hwy 59 Facility | 75 | 14 | - |
| Basswood Mobile Home Park | 60 | 96 | - |
| Aaseby Court | 50 | 134 | - |
| Black River Lutheran Church | 50 | 0 | - |
| Community Church International | 50 | 13 | - |
| Thief River Golf Club | 50 | 0 | - |
| Ebenezer Lutheran Church | 50 | 0 | - |
| St. John Lutheran School | 38 | 0 | - |
| Western Professional Building | 28 | 0 | - |
| Carpenter's Corner | 25 | 0 | - |
| Kruse In | 25 | 0 | - |
| St. Pauli's Lutheran Church | 25 | 0 | - |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | 25 | 0 | - |
| Ekelund Lutheran Church | 25 | 0 | - |
| Northdale Oil Thief River Falls | 25 | 0 | - |
| Oak Ridge Lutheran Church | 25 | 0 | - |
Compare beyond Minnesota
Lower-flagged peers for Pennington County
Cross-state counties nearest Pennington County on flagged-system share (34.8%) and cumulative violation count (418). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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