Any public or private supply of water for domestic purposes must meet or exceed standards for water quality of the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Private wells must be located, constructed, maintained, and sealed in accordance with or in a more thorough manner than the Water Well Construction Code of the Minnesota Department of Health.
Any premises used for human occupancy must be provided with an adequate method of sewage treatment.
Sewage Treatment System Setback Standards
Class | Setback from ordinary high water level (feet) |
Natural environment | 150 |
Recreational development | 75 |
General development | 50 |
Remote river segments | 150 |
Forested river segments | 100 |
Transition river segments | 100 |
Agricultural river segments | 75 |
Urban and tributary river segments | 75 |
Minn. R., Part 6120.3400
Statutory Authority: MS s 105.485