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Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System

Serves an area of Lincoln County, MN · 13,644 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System in the last ten years.

  • MN1410007
  • LAKE BENTON
  • MN
  • 13,644 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 56149
EPA system ID MN1410007

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System draws water from 25 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Minnesota, November 1997.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,962 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began January 1997, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1997 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Minnesota regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System in 1997. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 1997.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 26, 1997 Minnesota Signed compliance agreement 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate

Where the water comes from

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System draws water from 25 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System, Osceola Rural Water System-North and Lewis and Clark Regional Water Syste. It also has emergency connections to Canby, Dawson and Adrian. 38 other community water systems buy water from Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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