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Wright County, Minnesota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MN171 · Wright County 129 sys · 1,276 viol · #481/3254

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

  • VIOL-HIGH 50.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 63.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #481/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 14.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 129 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: St. Louis County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wright County ranks #481 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wright County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 50.4% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 63.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 14.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #481 of 3,254 · #10 of 87 in Minnesota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wright County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahnomen · lowest Wright · this county Olmsted · near Watonwan · highest 22.2% 49.1% 50.4% 50.5% 50.6% 51.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Joint Powers Water Board 30,922 8 Clean
Otsego 19,000 18 Clean
Buffalo 16,711 6 Clean
Monticello 15,087 9 Detected
Delano Municipal Utilities 6,564 21 Clean
Rockford 4,863 20 Clean
Montrose 3,899 7 -
Annandale 3,430 11 Clean
Cokato 2,792 23 -
Maple Lake 2,215 19 -
Howard Lake 2,180 43 -
Clearwater 2,129 61 -
Waverly 2,100 6 -
Dassel-Cokato High School/Middle School 1,600 53 -
Enfield Wayside Rest Area MNDOT 1,399 12 -
The Meadows 1,000 56 -
Fall Harvest Orchard 900 0 -
Olson's Truck Stop 700 0 -
Rockford Laestadian Lutheran Church 650 0 -
Old Apostolic Lutheran Church 600 8 -
LDS Church - Buffalo 500 7 -
Bertram Chain of Lakes Athletic Fields 500 5 -
Xcel Energy 440 72 -
Laestadian Lutheran Church of Monticello 400 0 -
H and H Sport Shop 400 0 -
Heartland Evangelical Free Church 400 0 -
St. Mary's of Czestohaowa 400 7 -
LDS Church - Otsego 400 0 -
12 Hi Mobile Home Park 300 21 -
Cokato Lake RV Resort 300 0 -
Buffalo Evangelical Free Church 300 0 -
Stockholm Karting Center 300 0 -
Deer Lake Orchard 300 0 -
River Terrace Mobile Home Park 250 33 -
Camp Courage 250 37 -
Holy Cross Lutheran Church 225 19 -
Cokato Laestadian Lutheran Church 225 0 -
Mississippi Riverwood Associates Inc. 200 0 -
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 190 7 -
South Haven 183 25 -
Chi Rho Center 160 14 -
Trails End Pub 160 7 -
Stockholm Community Hall 150 7 -
Malco Tools, Inc. 150 7 -
Mill Creek Inn 150 7 -
Fox Hollow Golf Club 150 0 -
Quarry Community Church 150 0 -
Camp Friendship 120 0 -
Faith Lutheran Church 120 0 -
New Beginnings at Waverly 110 14 -

Compare beyond Minnesota

Lower-flagged peers for Wright County

Cross-state counties nearest Wright County on flagged-system share (50.4%) and cumulative violation count (1,276). 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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