Public water system · MN5160317

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Hungry Jack Lodge

At a glance

Hungry Jack Lodge (PWSID MN5160317) is an active transient non-community water system in Cook County, Minnesota. It reports serving 125 people through 33 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 10 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 1996.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

125

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMN5160317

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served125

Service connections33

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMN state drinking water program

City served—

StateMinnesota

ZIP—

CountyCook County

How does Hungry Jack Lodge compare with other water systems in Cook County?

By EPA's size categories, Hungry Jack Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Cook County has 98 active public water systems. Its population served is about 47% above the county average of 85 people per system, and accounts for 1.5% of the 8,349 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 Hungry Jack Lodge is about 13% 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 Hungry Jack Lodge?

EPA lists Hungry Jack Lodge 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. 83 of the 98 active systems in Cook County (85%) are also privately owned.

Does Hungry Jack Lodge have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 10 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 1996. The violations listed here began between March 1994 and September 1996. By type: 9 required treatment not met, 1 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Surface Water Treatment Rule (9 of them). EPA lists 10 as archived and 1 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
1996-09-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-08-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-07-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-06-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-05-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-04-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-03-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-02-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1996-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
1996-01-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
1994-03-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 11 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.

Hungry Jack Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hungry Jack Lodge?

Hungry Jack Lodge (PWSID MN5160317) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MN state drinking water program.

How many people does Hungry Jack Lodge serve?

Hungry Jack Lodge reports serving 125 people through 33 service connections in Cook County, Minnesota.

Where does Hungry Jack Lodge 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 Hungry Jack Lodge have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 10 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 1996. 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 Hungry Jack Lodge'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 11 violations for this system; 10 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 1996. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hungry Jack Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hungry Jack Lodge 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 Cook County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Grand Marais	Cook	1,344	Community	Surface water
Lamb'S Resort and Campground	Cook	475	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Bluefin Bay	Cook	435	Non-transient non-community	Surface water
Caribou Highlands Lodge	Cook	335	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Naniboujou Lodge	Cook	200	Transient non-community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
Americinn of Tofte	Cook	200	Transient non-community	Groundwater under influence of surface water

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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, “Hungry Jack Lodge, PWSID MN5160317, Minnesota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/minnesota/hungry-jack-lodge-mn5160317 (data as of October 1, 2026).