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Darfur

Serves Darfur, Watonwan County, MN · 87 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and no monitoring/reporting issues for Darfur in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • MN1830002
  • DARFUR
  • MN
  • 87 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 56022
EPA system ID MN1830002

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

Key facts

  • Darfur buys its water from Red Rock Rural Water System.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, 16.2 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit), 2019.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Minnesota, September 2020.
  • Record on file since 2001, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 49 unknown out of 50 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
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 16.2 pCi/L, federal limit 15 pCi/L (1.1 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

Full record since 2001

EPA's records for Darfur go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began January 2004, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2004 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Minnesota regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Darfur in 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 29, 2020 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Feb 5, 2020 Minnesota Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U

What the violations mean

Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U

1 incident

Test results for Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Darfur buys its water from Red Rock Rural Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Darfur 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 Darfur for a copy.

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