Community Water System · PWS MN1570003
Thief River Falls
Operator location Thief River Falls, Minnesota - 62% of 109 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 8,701 served per SDWIS.
- 8,701
- People served (this PWS)
- 109
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 68
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Thief River Falls standing, high SDWIS violation third
62% of 109 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 62% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #5,260 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Thief River Falls sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (109), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,701; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 62% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #5,260 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #105 of 677
- Population · MN
- 109
- Total EPA violations on record
- 62%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,503
- County
- Pennington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 11
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 68
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 60 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2004 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 8 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Thief River Falls has 109 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 62% of this system's own violations are health-based (68 of 109), and it ranks #5,260 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)
109 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 4 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:2 FTS | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/26/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/26/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/26/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/26/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/26/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/26/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/26/2023 | 9.60 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/26/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/26/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/26/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/26/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/26/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/26/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/26/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/26/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/26/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/26/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/26/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/12/2023 | 12.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/12/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/12/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/12/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/12/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Thief River Falls
68 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MN1570003.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
109 violations · 8,701 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Thief River Falls
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
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