Community Water System · PWS MN1380001
Beaver Bay
Operator location Beaver Bay, Minnesota - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 130 people served; 77 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 130
- People served (this PWS)
- 77
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Beaver Bay standing, high SDWIS violation third
130 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Beaver Bay sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (77), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (130; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 77
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 130
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 130
- County
- Lake
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 62
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 6
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 23 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 21 | 2010 |
| Chlorine | MR | 8 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2021 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2012 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Beaver Bay has 77 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 32% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 77), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
77 Around the middle fewer violations than 32% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Beaver Bay
EPA SDWIS lists 130 people served and 130 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
77 violations · 130 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Beaver Bay
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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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.