Community Water System · PWS MN1270042
Osseo
Operator location Osseo, Minnesota - 22% of 32 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,650 served per SDWIS.
- 2,650
- People served (this PWS)
- 32
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Osseo standing, mid SDWIS violation third
22% of 32 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,474 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Osseo lands in the middle third by violation volume (32), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,650 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,474 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #213 of 677
- Population · MN
- 32
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 828
- County
- Hennepin
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 16
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 1999 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2018 |
| Chlorine | MR | 3 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Osseo has 32 recorded EPA violations, 44% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 55% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 32), and it ranks #11,474 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
32 Lower than most fewer violations than 55% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Osseo
7 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MN1270042.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
32 violations · 2,650 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Osseo
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Minnesota compares on the same EPA violation measures. Minnesota systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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