Water quality in Paynesville, Minnesota
Paynesville is in Stearns County. 215 active public water systems serve the county; 16 had an EPA violation in the past three years.
Most likely your provider
Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.
Other community water systems in Stearns County
32 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe |
104 | 1 | 5.6 mi | |
| Saint Martin |
343 | 4 | 9.0 mi | |
| Richmond |
1,506 | 0 | 11.1 mi | |
| Belgrade |
745 | 0 | 14.3 mi | |
| Cold Spring |
4,201 | 0 | 15.3 mi | |
| New Munich |
320 | 2 | 17.2 mi | |
| Grove Place Apartments |
25 | 0 | 18.7 mi | |
| Albany |
2,805 | 1 | 18.8 mi | |
| Rockville |
765 | 0 | 19.2 mi | |
| Evergreen Hills Mobile Home Park |
144 | 3 | 19.2 mi | |
| Freeport |
685 | 0 | 19.6 mi | |
| Avon |
1,667 | 0 | 20.5 mi | |
| Melrose |
3,886 | 0 | 20.8 mi | |
| Brooten |
646 | 0 | 20.9 mi | |
| Kimball |
911 | 0 | 21.1 mi | |
| Saint John's University |
2,500 | 0 | 21.3 mi | |
| Wildwood Manor |
36 | 0 | 21.3 mi | |
| College of St. Benedict |
1,600 | 0 | 23.1 mi | |
| Saint Joseph |
7,100 | 1 | 23.6 mi | |
| Bel Clare Estates |
750 | 0 | 24.4 mi | |
| Crestwood Hills Addition |
35 | 0 | 24.5 mi | |
| Waite Park |
8,354 | 0 | 26.4 mi | |
| Sauk Centre |
4,657 | 1 | 27.1 mi | |
| Holdingford |
770 | 1 | 27.2 mi | |
| Clearwater Forest Mobile Home Park |
367 | 0 | 27.9 mi |
Non-community systems in Stearns County (182: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
About this data
Water systems are matched to Stearns County, nearest to Paynesville first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system.
Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.
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.