Battle Lake Mobile Home Park
What EPA’s and Minnesota’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 31 people
- Connections
- 24
- Water source
- Groundwater
- Based in
- Henning, MN
- County
- Otter Tail
- Owner
- Private
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
1 result is above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Nitrate, above the legal limit. 5 health-based violations since 2016.
What handles itWhat was found
Nitrate: Minnesota’s yearly summaries per water system, 2023 to 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Arsenic, chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Nov. 14, 2012 to Jan. 15, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.
Above the legal limit1
Nitrate
Comes from the source
8.0ppm
Highest yearly average, 2023 to 2025
Averaged by year, the highest was 8.0 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for nitrate at this utility in 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 13 ppm, in 2019, and EPA recorded a violation in 2019.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Arsenic
- Chromium (total)
- Fluoride
- Lead
What handles it
A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”
- NSF/ANSI 53
Claim: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)
For: Nitrate
- NSF/ANSI 58
Claim: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction
For: Nitrate
Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate
At the tap, or for the whole house?
These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.
Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Nitrate
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Nitrate
Culligan 10-Cup Pitcher with ZeroWater Technology (ZEROP10)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Nitrate
Violations since 2016
| Contaminant or rule | Type | Period | Measured | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average | July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020 | 11 MG/L | Resolved |
| Nitrate | The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average | April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 | 12 MG/L | Resolved |
| Nitrate | The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average | Jan. 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 | 12 MG/L | Resolved |
| Nitrate | The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average | Oct. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2019 | 13 MG/L | Resolved |
| Nitrate | The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average | July 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2019 | 12 MG/L | Resolved |
| Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 3 monitoring or reporting violations not shown. | ||||
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Nitrate results here are Minnesota’s own yearly summaries from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Arsenic, chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Battle Lake Mobile Home Park’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Minnesota’s yearly summaries cover 2023 to 2025; EPA’s compliance samples are from Nov. 14, 2012 to Jan. 15, 2019.
Testing your own tap
The 2 labs Minnesota certifies closest to the area Battle Lake Mobile Home Park serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Steven M. Traut Wells, Inc.
Alexandria, MN · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc. – Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Sources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Public Health Data Access, results from Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2025, read Oct. 8, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: Minnesota Department of Health, accredited labs in Minnesota accepting drinking water samples from private well users, read Oct. 10, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID MN1560004. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Read up on NitrateWhat each one does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Nitrate
- Get the utility’s own reportBattle Lake Mobile Home Park must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show, and has newer results than EPA’s national file for the ones here that come from it.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Compare certified filtersWhat the filters certified for these results cost over five years, cartridges included.Compare five-year costs