Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea

How does Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea compare with other water systems in Freeborn County?

By EPA's size categories, Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Freeborn County has 55 active public water systems, and Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 14% above the county average of 526 people per system, and accounts for 2.1% of the 28,918 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Minnesota, the 6,465 active systems average 820 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea is about 40% above that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Minnesota has 470 active non-transient non-community water systems, 7.3% of the state's 6,465 active systems. Purchased groundwater means the system buys groundwater from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 89 Minnesota systems (1.4%) list purchased groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea?

EPA lists Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea 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. 32 of the 55 active systems in Freeborn County (58%) are also privately owned.