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Water quality in Tower, Minnesota

Tower is in St. Louis County. 361 active public water systems serve the county; 40 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

Tower MN1690051 · Community water system · Purchased ground water under influence of surface water source
Serves 426 people Rules violated, past 3 years 0 Last sanitary survey Mar 12, 2026 Distance 0.4 mi

Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.

Other community water systems in St. Louis County

29 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
Breitung
446 0 1.5 mi
Babbitt
1,379 2 17.2 mi
Biwabik
975 0 18.6 mi
Cook
574 0 19.3 mi
Aurora
1,764 0 20.1 mi
White Township
1,559 0 20.2 mi
Ely
3,258 3 20.4 mi
Hoyt Lakes
2,020 0 21.4 mi
McKinley
110 1 22.3 mi
Winton
173 0 23.4 mi
Virginia
8,361 0 24.0 mi
Gilbert
1,829 0 25.1 mi
Mountain Iron
2,880 0 25.5 mi
Fayal Township
565 0 27.5 mi
Eveleth
3,770 2 27.7 mi
Kinney
154 0 29.8 mi
Orr
249 0 30.5 mi
Iron Junction
87 0 31.7 mi
Buhl
1,000 1 32.5 mi
Chisholm
4,940 0 36.0 mi
Hibbing
16,028 2 41.9 mi
Meadowlands
135 2 55.7 mi
Rice Lake
1,085 0 66.1 mi
Floodwood
501 0 68.3 mi
Hermantown
7,215 0 69.9 mi
All 30 community water systems in St. Louis County
Non-community systems in St. Louis County (331: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Tower Municipal Airport
25 0 0
McKinley Park Campground
100 0 0
Marjo Motel
25 0 0
Hoodoo Point
170 0 0
Vermilion RV Park
98 0 0
Lake Vermilion State Park
60 3 0
Glenmore Resort
45 1 0
Everett Bay Lodge
70 0 0
Pike Bay Lodge
85 0 0
Forest Lane Resort
40 0 0
The Y Store
800 0 0
Lake Vermilion Houseboats
35 0 0
Bayview RV Resort
113 0 0
Glenwood Lodge
50 0 0
Gruben's Marina & Resort
25 2 1
Trancheff's Cabins & RV Sites
30 0 0
Pine Trees Resort
25 0 0
Greenwood Township Community Center
25 0 0
Pier 77 Mini Golf
25 0 0
Vermilion Club
25 0 0
Shamrock Landing
25 0 0
Vermilion Lake Town Hall
25 0 0
Eagles Nest Firehall/community Center
25 0 0
Bear Head Lake State Park
200 0 0
Evangelical Free Church
25 0 0
Wilderness Wind, Inc.
25 0 0
Pfeiffer Lake Campground Usfs
25 0 0
Embarrass Town Hall
25 0 0
Timber Hall
75 0 0
Hope Lutheran Church-Embarrass
25 0 0
Heritage Campground
25 0 0
Timbuktu Marina
35 0 0
Tamarack Resort
25 0 0
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
80 0 0
Wolf Bay Lodge
25 0 0
Vermilion Dam Lodge
160 0 0
Vermilion River Cottages and Outfitters
30 0 0
Polley's Resort
50 0 0
Sandy Town Hall
25 0 0
Ludlow's Island Resort
146 0 0
The Shack
25 0 0
Kinsey Houseboats
32 0 0
Babbitt Golf Course
50 0 0
Wakemup State Campground
25 0 0
YMCA Camp Northern Lights
120 0 0
Dollar General Store 23618 Babbitt
25 0 0
Camp Van Vac
115 0 0
Wuori Town Hall
25 0 0
South Switch
25 0 0
Voyageur's Lutheran Ministry Camp Verm
400 0 0
All non-community systems
About this data

Water systems are matched to St. Louis County, nearest to Tower 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.