Public water system · MN1660008
ActiveSouth Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park
At a glance
South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park (PWSID MN1660008) is an active community water system in Rice County, Minnesota. It reports serving 60 people through 24 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
60
Service connections
24
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park compare with other water systems in Rice County?
By EPA's size categories, South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Rice County has 70 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 925 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 64,781 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Minnesota, the 6,465 active systems average 820 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Minnesota has 987 active community water systems, 15% 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 South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park?
EPA lists South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park 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. 59 of the 70 active systems in Rice County (84%) are also privately owned.
Does South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between July 1992 and July 2025. By type: 2 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 1995-07-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | Yes | Resolved |
| 1992-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 5 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.
South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park: frequently asked questions
Who runs South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park?
South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park (PWSID MN1660008) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MN state drinking water program.
How many people does South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park serve?
South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park reports serving 60 people through 24 service connections in Rice County, Minnesota.
Where does South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park 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 South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. 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 South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park'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 5 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the MN state drinking water program.
Where can I find South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park's water quality report?
As a community water system, South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Rice County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faribault | Rice | 23,718 | Community | Groundwater |
| Northfield | Rice | 20,790 | Community | Groundwater |
| Lonsdale | Rice | 3,913 | Community | Groundwater |
| Flying J #576 | Rice | 2,500 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Carleton College | Rice | 2,485 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mn Correctional Facility - Faribault | Rice | 2,103 | Community | Groundwater |
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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, “South Cedar Shores Mobile Home Park, PWSID MN1660008, Minnesota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/minnesota/south-cedar-shores-mobile-home-park-mn1660008 (data as of October 1, 2026).