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Elysian

Serves Elysian, Le Sueur County, MN · 656 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Elysian in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Combined Radium (-226 and -228) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • MN1400003
  • ELYSIAN
  • MN
  • 656 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 56028
EPA system ID MN1400003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
5
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Elysian draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), 5.6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit), 2022.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Minnesota, January 2025.
  • Record on file since 2011, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 12 unknown out of 587 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 340 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (at or just above the limit)
 340 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.3 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Jan 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.5 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Jul 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 2011

EPA's records for Elysian go back to 2011. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
2020s 5 0

Enforcement actions

Minnesota regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Elysian between 2021 and 2025, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 22, 2025 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Dec 18, 2023 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Mar 17, 2021 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

What the violations mean

Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

5 incidents

Test results for Combined Radium (-226 and -228) were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

Elysian draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Elysian 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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