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States

Minnesota Water Quality

6,557 public water systems serving 5,239,398 people.

Water Systems
6,557
Total Violations
59,895
Violation Rate
51.6%
PFAS Detection
76%
149 of 196 tested

Largest Water Systems

Most Violations

Counties in Minnesota

Hennepin
202 systems · 1,273,140 served · 1,534 violations
Ramsey
43 systems · 579,780 served · 369 violations
Dakota
135 systems · 391,434 served · 1,282 violations
Anoka
245 systems · 328,280 served · 2,022 violations
Washington
195 systems · 259,368 served · 1,652 violations
St. Louis
364 systems · 178,965 served · 3,967 violations
Stearns
214 systems · 167,300 served · 2,315 violations
Olmsted
83 systems · 148,383 served · 573 violations
Scott
115 systems · 133,319 served · 1,081 violations
Wright
129 systems · 130,391 served · 1,276 violations
Carver
68 systems · 104,814 served · 570 violations
Crow Wing
385 systems · 79,377 served · 2,014 violations
Rice
71 systems · 64,806 served · 729 violations
Clay
51 systems · 60,378 served · 534 violations
Blue Earth
64 systems · 59,656 served · 867 violations
Sherburne
80 systems · 58,403 served · 645 violations
Winona
79 systems · 51,377 served · 1,204 violations
Otter Tail
282 systems · 44,731 served · 1,791 violations
Goodhue
91 systems · 44,002 served · 1,061 violations
Chisago
110 systems · 40,252 served · 932 violations
Mower
54 systems · 36,656 served · 630 violations
Steele
36 systems · 36,022 served · 441 violations
Kandiyohi
74 systems · 35,789 served · 1,003 violations
Beltrami
188 systems · 34,995 served · 1,040 violations
Nicollet
26 systems · 30,952 served · 217 violations
Douglas
153 systems · 30,896 served · 1,199 violations
McLeod
39 systems · 30,778 served · 363 violations
Itasca
229 systems · 30,771 served · 1,273 violations
Freeborn
58 systems · 29,013 served · 771 violations
Benton
67 systems · 28,624 served · 421 violations

Showing top 30 of 87 counties.