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Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground

At a glance

Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground (PWSID MN5070235) is an active transient non-community water system in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It reports serving 100 people through 53 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

100

Service connections

53

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMN5070235
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served100
Service connections53
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMN state drinking water program
City served—
StateMinnesota
ZIP—
CountyBlue Earth County

How does Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground compare with other water systems in Blue Earth County?

By EPA's size categories, Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Blue Earth County has 63 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 931 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 58,656 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Minnesota, the 6,465 active systems average 820 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground is about 31% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Minnesota has 5,008 active transient non-community water systems, 77% of the state's 6,465 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,261 Minnesota systems (97%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground?

EPA lists Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground as privately owned. The MN state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 45 of the 63 active systems in Blue Earth County (71%) are also privately owned.

Does Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020. The violations listed here began between June 2019 and July 2020. By type: 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 2 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2020-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-06-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

All 2 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground: frequently asked questions

Who runs Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground?

Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground (PWSID MN5070235) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MN state drinking water program.

How many people does Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground serve?

Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground reports serving 100 people through 53 service connections in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

Where does Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Blue Earth County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
MankatoBlue Earth42,803CommunityGroundwater under influence of surface water
Eagle LakeBlue Earth3,268CommunityGroundwater
Lake CrystalBlue Earth2,554CommunityGroundwater
MapletonBlue Earth1,756CommunityGroundwater
Madison LakeBlue Earth1,017CommunityGroundwater
Saint ClairBlue Earth846CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Blue Earth Co Fair/Shady Oaks Campground, PWSID MN5070235, Minnesota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/minnesota/blue-earth-co-fair-shady-oaks-campground-mn5070235 (data as of October 1, 2026).