Stearns County, Minnesota — public water systems

211 active public water systems serve Stearns County, reporting 165.7K people served.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO, refreshed quarterly.

Active systems

211

Population served

165.7K

Community systems

Groundwater share

99.1%

Water systems in Stearns County

Active public water systems in Stearns County, Minnesota
#	Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
1	Saint Cloud	Stearns	71,321	Community	Surface water
2	Sartell	Stearns	20,300	Community	Groundwater
3	Waite Park	Stearns	8,354	Community	Groundwater
4	Saint Joseph	Stearns	7,100	Community	Groundwater
5	Sauk Centre	Stearns	4,573	Community	Groundwater
6	Cold Spring	Stearns	4,201	Community	Groundwater
7	Melrose	Stearns	3,886	Community	Groundwater
8	Albany	Stearns	2,805	Community	Groundwater
9	Paynesville	Stearns	2,530	Community	Groundwater
10	Saint John'S University	Stearns	2,500	Community	Groundwater
11	Avon	Stearns	1,667	Community	Groundwater
12	College of St. Benedict	Stearns	1,600	Community	Groundwater
13	Richmond	Stearns	1,485	Community	Groundwater
14	Saint Augusta	Stearns	1,425	Community	Purchased surface water
15	Pilgrim'S	Stearns	1,300	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
16	Fuller Lake Wayside Rest Mndot	Stearns	1,175	Transient non-community	Groundwater
17	Middle Spunk Wayside Rest Area Mndot	Stearns	1,001	Transient non-community	Groundwater
18	Big Spunk Wayside Rest Area Mndot	Stearns	1,001	Transient non-community	Groundwater
19	Powder Ridge Ski Corporation	Stearns	999	Transient non-community	Groundwater
20	Kimball	Stearns	911	Community	Groundwater
21	St. Stephen Church	Stearns	850	Transient non-community	Groundwater
22	Holdingford	Stearns	770	Community	Groundwater
23	Rockville	Stearns	765	Community	Groundwater
24	A.J. Acres Campground, Inc..	Stearns	750	Transient non-community	Groundwater
25	Belgrade	Stearns	745	Community	Groundwater
26	Freeport	Stearns	685	Community	Groundwater
27	Brooten	Stearns	646	Community	Groundwater
28	Coldspring	Stearns	610	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
29	Casey'S General Store #3306	Stearns	600	Transient non-community	Groundwater
30	Cozy Corners	Stearns	500	Transient non-community	Groundwater
31	El Rancho Manana	Stearns	500	Transient non-community	Groundwater
32	Bayer Built, Inc..	Stearns	460	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
33	Polar Tank Trailer, LLC	Stearns	450	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
34	St. Stephen Gas & Grocery	Stearns	375	Transient non-community	Groundwater
35	Clearwater Forest Mobile Home Park	Stearns	367	Community	Groundwater
36	Saint Martin	Stearns	343	Community	Groundwater
37	New Munich	Stearns	320	Community	Groundwater
38	Clearwater Rv Park	Stearns	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
39	Shady'S Sunset Bay	Stearns	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
40	Stearns County Park-Warner Lake	Stearns	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
41	Hayloft Bar & Grill	Stearns	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
42	Koronis Ministries	Stearns	275	Transient non-community	Groundwater
43	Hemker Park and Zoo	Stearns	260	Transient non-community	Groundwater
44	The Store	Stearns	250	Transient non-community	Groundwater
45	St. Anthony Church	Stearns	250	Transient non-community	Groundwater
46	Hilltop Family Restaurant	Stearns	250	Transient non-community	Groundwater
47	King Bee Camp	Stearns	240	Transient non-community	Groundwater
48	Delux Business Center	Stearns	225	Transient non-community	Groundwater
49	Koronis Hills Golf Club	Stearns	225	Transient non-community	Groundwater
50	St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church	Stearns	200	Transient non-community	Groundwater