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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
87 people
Connections
53
Water source
Groundwater bought from another system
Based in
Darfur, MN
County
Watonwan
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

56022

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2022 to 2025.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and nitrate: Minnesota’s yearly summaries per water system, 2023 to 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium, fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Jan. 9, 2012 to Dec. 11, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

6.0ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 6.0 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

4.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

2019 average: 4.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.1 ppb, in 2018: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 4.3 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 4.0 ppb.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

62.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023 to 2025

2025 average: 31.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 62.9 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it averaged 31.5 ppb.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

30ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023 to 2025

2025 average: 18.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 30 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it averaged 18.6 ppb.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.1ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019 average: 0.61 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.1 ppm, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 1.3 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, its five samples averaged 0.61 ppm.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Nitrate

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.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Gross alpha radiation (excluding radon and uranium)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 201916.2 PCI/LArchived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic and nitrate results here are Minnesota’s own yearly summaries from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium, fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Darfur’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 Jan. 9, 2012 to Dec. 11, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Darfur’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Minnesota certifies.

The 3 labs Minnesota certifies closest to the area Darfur serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc.

    New Ulm, MN · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (507) 354-8517

  • Southwest Health and Human Services

    Marshall, MN · about 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (507) 537-6713

  • UC Laboratory

    Janesville, MN · about 56 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals

    (507) 234-5835

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

Sources

PWSID MN1830002. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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