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Nelsons East Shore Landing

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
45 people
Connections
32
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Crosslake, MN
County
Crow Wing
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

56442

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Arsenic, above the legal limit. 4 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic and nitrate: Minnesota’s yearly summaries per water system, 2023 to 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from June 22, 2012 to June 22, 2012. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the legal limit1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

15.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 15.1 ppb, in 2025, above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded violations for arsenic at this utility in 2025 and 2026. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 6.1 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • 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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2026 to Sept. 30, 20260.015 MG/LAddressed
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 20260.015 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 20260.015 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 20250.015 MG/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. Arsenic and nitrate results here are Minnesota’s own yearly summaries from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Chromium (total) comes from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Nelsons East Shore Landing’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 June 22, 2012 to June 22, 2012.

Testing your own tap

Nelsons East Shore Landing’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 2 labs Minnesota certifies closest to the area Nelsons East Shore Landing serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • A.W. Research Laboratories, Inc.

    Brainerd, MN · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (218) 829-7974

  • Traut Water Analysis Lab

    St. Joseph, MN · about 70 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (320) 251-5090

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

Sources

PWSID MN1180036. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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