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Wildwood Manor

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
36 people
Connections
1
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Litchfield, MN
County
Stearns
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

56374

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2023.

Arsenic and nitrate: Minnesota’s yearly summaries per water system, 2023 to 2025.

Fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Nov. 5, 2015 to July 12, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

2.0ppb

90th percentile, 2021 to 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 2.0 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

Below EPA’s limits1

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.91ppm

Highest yearly average, 2015

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.91 ppm, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

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

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.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

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. Fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Wildwood Manor’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. 5, 2015 to July 12, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Wildwood Manor’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 Wildwood Manor serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Traut Water Analysis Lab

    St. Joseph, MN · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (320) 251-5090

  • Water Laboratories, Inc.

    Elk River, MN · about 42 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (763) 441-7509

  • A.W. Research Laboratories, Inc.

    Brainerd, MN · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (218) 829-7974

All 24 certified labs for Minnesota

Sources

PWSID MN1730051. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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