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Polk County, Minnesota: drinking water records

This overview covers 16 ZIP codes and 11 community water systems in Polk County. It also stands in for 11 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus16ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
2
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
1
systems where PFAS was found
0
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
1
systems that have reached the lead action level
2
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems with the most complete records

Water systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
East Grand Forks MN16000049,206120103 ppb
Crookston MN16000027,272600017 ppb
Climax MN160000122300110 ppb
Winger MN160001318100130 ppb
Fosston MN16000101,3850002 ppb
Fertile MN16000087890000 ppb
Mcintosh MN16000115840003 ppb
Fisher MN16000094010000 ppb
Erskine MN16000053840000 ppb
Beltrami MN1600014850000 ppb
Nielsville MN1600012760000 ppb

ZIP reports in Polk County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 56517, 56535, 56542, 56556, 56568, 56646, 56684, 56722, 56723, 56736, 56762.

Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

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