Public water system · MN5690242

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Pine Aire Resort

At a glance

Pine Aire Resort (PWSID MN5690242) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reports serving 200 people through 58 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023.

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

Population served

200

Service connections

Primary source

Surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMN5690242

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served200

Service connections58

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMN state drinking water program

City served—

StateMinnesota

ZIP—

CountySt. Louis County

How does Pine Aire Resort compare with other water systems in St. Louis County?

By EPA's size categories, Pine Aire Resort is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Louis County has 356 active public water systems. Its population served is about 60% below the county average of 505 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 179,795 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 Pine Aire Resort is about 39% above 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. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 61 Minnesota systems (0.9%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Pine Aire Resort?

EPA lists Pine Aire Resort 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. 298 of the 356 active systems in St. Louis County (84%) are also privately owned.

Does Pine Aire Resort have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023. The violations listed here began between July 2001 and June 2023. By type: 5 required treatment not met, 1 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 6 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-06-01	Required treatment not metMonthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR) · code 44	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	Yes	Resolved
2020-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2014-07-01	Required treatment not metMonthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR) · code 44	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	Yes	Resolved
2012-07-01	Required treatment not metMonthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR) · code 44	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	Yes	Resolved
2002-09-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Resolved
2002-08-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	Yes	Archived
2001-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved

All 7 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.

Pine Aire Resort: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pine Aire Resort?

Pine Aire Resort (PWSID MN5690242) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MN state drinking water program.

How many people does Pine Aire Resort serve?

Pine Aire Resort reports serving 200 people through 58 service connections in St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Where does Pine Aire Resort get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Pine Aire Resort have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023. 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 Pine Aire Resort'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 7 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in June 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pine Aire Resort's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pine Aire Resort 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 St. Louis County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Duluth	St. Louis	86,859	Community	Surface water
Hibbing	St. Louis	16,028	Community	Groundwater
Virginia	St. Louis	8,361	Community	Surface water
Hermantown	St. Louis	7,215	Community	Purchased surface water
Chisholm	St. Louis	4,940	Community	Surface water
Eveleth	St. Louis	3,770	Community	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, “Pine Aire Resort, PWSID MN5690242, Minnesota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/minnesota/pine-aire-resort-mn5690242 (data as of October 1, 2026).