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Community Water System · PWS MN1620024

White Bear Lake

Operator location White Bear Lake, Minnesota - 0% of 22 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 25,634 served per SDWIS.

25,634
People served (this PWS)
22
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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White Bear Lake standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 22 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #2,168 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

White Bear Lake lands in the middle third by violation volume (22), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (25,634; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#2,168 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#39 of 677
Population · MN
22
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
7,992
County
Ramsey
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
21
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 18 2013
Chlorine MR 3 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

White Bear Lake has 22 recorded EPA violations, 34% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 65% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 22), and it ranks #2,168 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)

22 Lower than most fewer violations than 65% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 2 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFTrDA 7/15/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/15/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/15/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/15/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/15/2025 62.30 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFDoA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/15/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/15/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 1/23/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 1/23/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 1/23/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 1/23/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 1/23/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 1/23/2025 68.50 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
HFPO-DA 1/23/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 1/23/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 1/23/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 1/23/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 1/23/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 1/23/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 1/23/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 1/23/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on White Bear Lake

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MN1620024.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

22 violations · 25,634 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with White Bear Lake

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
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater