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Stearns County, Minnesota: drinking water records
This overview covers 26 ZIP codes and 32 community water systems in Stearns County. It also stands in for 10 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
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 system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Cloud MN1730027 | 71,321 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Sartell MN1730036 | 20,300 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 2 ppb |
| Waite Park MN1730039 | 8,354 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Saint Joseph MN1730033 | 7,100 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 5 ppb |
| Sauk Centre MN1730037 | 4,657 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Cold Spring MN1730006 | 4,201 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 3 ppb |
| Melrose MN1730016 | 3,886 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Saint John'S University MN1730009 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 ppb |
| Holdingford MN1730014 | 770 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Saint Martin MN1730035 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Evergreen Hills Mobile Home Park MN1730059 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Roscoe MN1730043 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Big Sauk Lake Mobile Home Park MN1730038 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Albany MN1730001 | 2,805 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Paynesville MN1730018 | 2,575 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Avon MN1730002 | 1,667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 ppb |
| College of St. Benedict MN1730034 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ppb |
| Richmond MN1730022 | 1,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 ppb |
| Saint Augusta MN1730063 | 1,425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Kimball MN1730015 | 911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Rockville MN1730026 | 765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Belgrade MN1730004 | 745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Freeport MN1730013 | 685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Brooten MN1730005 | 646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 ppb |
| Clearwater Forest Mobile Home Park MN1730012 | 367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 ppb |
ZIP reports in Stearns 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: 55320, 55382, 56301, 56303, 56325, 56335, 56362, 56368, 56369, 56375.
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.