Public water system record
Cold Spring
Serves Cold Spring, Stearns County, MN · 4,201 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Cold Spring 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
- 0
Key facts
- Cold Spring draws water from 6 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Minnesota, September 2004.
- Record on file since 1991, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 350 unknown out of 1,551 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Cold Spring go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (10 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 4 |
| 2000s | 8 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began November 2004, Resolved.
Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 3, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Minnesota regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Cold Spring and issued 2 boil water orders between 1992 and 2004. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in September 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2004 | Minnesota | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jun 11, 2004 | Minnesota | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 15, 1992 | Minnesota | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Cold Spring draws water from 6 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Cold Spring.
Annual water quality report
Cold Spring 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
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