Minnesota
Steele County drinking water quality
36 active public water systems serve 36,022 people in Steele County. 32 are compliant, 4 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 1 is a designated serious violator, and 0 carry a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
7 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Owatonna |
26,430 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Blooming Prairie |
1,987 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Medford |
1,200 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Ellendale |
636 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Lazy U Community |
426 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Thompson Oaks |
51 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Hope Water Cooperative |
50 | 1 | 1 |
Non-community systems (29: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Straight River Rest Area South Mndot |
1,893 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Straight River Rest Area North Mndot |
1,206 | 0 | 0 | |
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Rice Lake State Park |
250 | 0 | 0 | |
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Monterey Ballroom |
200 | 0 | 0 | |
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Hope Oak Knoll Campground |
180 | 0 | 0 | |
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Holy Trinity Litomysl |
140 | 0 | 0 | |
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River View Campground |
140 | 0 | 0 | |
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Beaver Lake Park |
100 | 0 | 0 | |
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Mineral Springs Park |
100 | 0 | 0 | |
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Owatonna Gun Club |
100 | 0 | 0 | |
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Steele County Landfill |
100 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Beauterre Recovery Institute |
80 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Kohlmier's Beach Beach House |
75 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Lakeside Foods, Inc. Grass Camp |
60 | 0 | 0 | |
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Pontoppidan Lutheran Church |
60 | 0 | 0 | |
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church |
60 | 0 | 0 | |
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20 Rifle & Pistol Club |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
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Aurora Lutheran Church |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
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Blooming Prairie Country Club |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
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Country Goods |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
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Crystal Springs RV Resort |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
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St. John's Lutheran Church |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
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First Lutheran Church of Hope |
40 | 0 | 0 | |
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Sette Sports Center, Inc. |
30 | 0 | 0 | |
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Bixby Feed Mill |
28 | 0 | 0 | |
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Dollar General Store Blooming Prairie |
25 | 0 | 0 | |
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Moland Lutheran Church |
25 | 0 | 0 | |
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Superior Foods and Catering |
25 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Zion Lutheran Church |
25 | 0 | 0 |
Inactive systems (140, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.