Dakota County received Clean Water Funds from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). This helps ensure safe drinking water for private well users. Private well users in Dakota County could be eligible for financial assistance to address drinking water quality concerns.
The grant provides funding to eligible landowners or renters to:
- Repair or replace a well contaminated with nitrate or bacteria; or
- Buy and install a water treatment system for contaminated wells.
Requests and applications paused
The Safe Drinking Water Grant is pausing water test requests and applications for water treatment systems pending future MDH grant funding. If you would like to add your name to a wait list, please email watertreatment@co.dakota.mn.us.
Grant eligibility
To be eligible, the landowner or renter must:
- Use a private well as the primary source of drinking water for a residence in Dakota County
- Well water must exceed an MDH drinking water grant guidelines of any of the following:
- Arsenic - 2 micrograms per liter or higher
- Manganese – 0.100 milligrams per liter or higher
- Nitrate - 10 milligrams per liter or higher
- Coliform Bacteria - positive test result
- Lead – any detection
Questions?
Sarah Kamrath
watertreatment@co.dakota.mn.us
952-891-7549