Public water system record
Elgin
Serves Elgin, Wabasha County, MN · 1,115 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Elgin 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
- 3
Key facts
- Elgin draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Minnesota, March 1998.
- Record on file since 1994, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 9 unknown out of 486 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Elgin go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began January 1998, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1997 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Minnesota regulators issued 2 boil water orders to Elgin between 1997 and 1998. The most recent was a boil water order in March 1998.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1998 | Minnesota | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 21, 1997 | Minnesota | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Elgin draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Elgin 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