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Danube

Serves Danube, Renville County, MN · 446 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Danube 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.

  • MN1650004
  • DANUBE
  • MN
  • 446 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 56230
EPA system ID MN1650004

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
3
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Danube draws water from 3 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), 5.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit), 2019.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Minnesota, July 2020.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 237 unknown out of 253 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
Measured 5.3 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Apr 1, 2020 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 5.9 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
 340 Apr 1, 2019 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, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Danube go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 0
2020s 1 0

Enforcement actions

Minnesota regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Danube in 2020, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 29, 2020 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

What the violations mean

Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

3 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

Danube draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Danube 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 Danube for a copy.

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

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