Public water system record
Big Falls
Serves Big Falls, Koochiching County, MN · 192 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Big Falls in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Big Falls draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Minnesota, July 2014.
- Record on file since 1992, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 100 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Big Falls go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began February 2010, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0123 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Feb 22, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Minnesota regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Big Falls and issued 2 boil water orders between 1992 and 2014. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2014.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2014 | Minnesota | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Arsenic |
| Apr 17, 2012 | Minnesota | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Arsenic |
| Feb 14, 2011 | Minnesota | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Arsenic |
| Mar 11, 1999 | Minnesota | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 15, 1992 | Minnesota | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Big Falls draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Big Falls must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Big Falls for a copy.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Minnesota.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells