Public water system record
Cottage Grove
Serves Cottage Grove, Washington County, MN · 39,712 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Cottage Grove 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
- Cottage Grove draws water from 13 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 537 unknown out of 14,389 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.
Where the water comes from
Cottage Grove draws water from 13 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Saint Paul Park. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Cottage Grove.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Saint Paul Park St. Paul Park, MN
Annual water quality report
Cottage Grove 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.
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