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New Munich

Operator location New Munich, Minnesota - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 320 people served; 69 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

320
People served (this PWS)
69
EPA violations (this PWS)
13
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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New Munich standing, mid SDWIS violation third

320 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 19% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

New Munich lands in the middle third by violation volume (69), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (320; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 19% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

69
Total EPA violations on record
19%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
320
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
137
County
Stearns
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
13
Monitoring Violations
48
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 33 2014
Coliform (TCR) MCL 13 2006
Chlorine MR 7 2014
Nitrate MR 4 1993
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 1994
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 2 2025

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

New Munich has 69 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 19% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 69), 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)

69 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% 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 New Munich

EPA SDWIS lists 320 people served and 137 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

69 violations · 320 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with New Munich

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.

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