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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violations in Minnesota

19 active public water systems in Minnesota had a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation in the past three years, 11 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U is and why it matters.

Health effects: Alpha-emitting radionuclides accumulate in bone and soft tissue, delivering sustained internal radiation doses that increase lifetime cancer risk. There is no established safe threshold for ionizing radiation. Individual contributors such as radium-226 and polonium-210 have their own MCLs; gross alpha serves as a cost-effective screening tool that triggers more specific radionuclide analysis when exceeded.

Systems with a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Inver Grove Heights
Dakota County
34,189 1 0
Rosemount
Dakota County
26,500 2 0
Skyline Village Mobile Home Park
Dakota County
1,185 1 0
Glenville
Freeborn County
566 2 0
Geneva
Freeborn County
538 1 0
Dennison
Goodhue County
220 2 0
Waldorf
Waseca County
216 1 0
Twin Lakes
Freeborn County
134 2 0
Rolling Green First Addition
Rice County
110 4 1
Huntley Well Corporation
Faribault County
78 1 0
Thompson Oaks
Steele County
51 2 0
Sauk Rapids
Benton County
13,835 1 0
Becker
Sherburne County
5,034 1 0
Lexington
Anoka County
3,028 1 0
MN Correctional Facility Faribault
Rice County
2,103 2 0
Lyle
Mower County
521 4 1
Hayward
Freeborn County
254 1 0
Watson
Chippewa County
175 1 0
Rapidan Development Company, Inc.
Blue Earth County
164 2 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Minnesota records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.