Mayo Clinic Health Systems-Lake City

How does Mayo Clinic Health Systems-Lake City compare with other water systems in Goodhue County?

By EPA's size categories, Mayo Clinic Health Systems-Lake City is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Goodhue County has 90 active public water systems. Its population served is about 33% below the county average of 489 people per system, and accounts for 0.7% of the 43,962 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 Systems-Lake City is about 24% below 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 Systems-Lake City?

EPA lists Mayo Clinic Health Systems-Lake City 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. 75 of the 90 active systems in Goodhue County (83%) are also privately owned.