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Contact Info
Well Management Section
651-201-4600
800-383-9808 (toll-free)
health.wells@state.mn.us

Contact Info

Well Management Section
651-201-4600
800-383-9808 (toll-free)
health.wells@state.mn.us

Contacting the Well Management Section

Visual Minnesota state map for the Well Management Section district office boundaries as described below.

Contact us

625 North Robert Street
PO Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
651-201-4600 or 800-383-9808
health.wells@state.mn.us

Fee Payments
Minnesota Department of Health
Well Management Section
PO Box 64502
St. Paul, MN 55164-0502

  • Well Management Section District Offices and Staff (PDF)

  • Teresa Purrington, Section Manager: 651-201-4519
  • Kelly Medellin, Interim Operations Unit Supervisor: 651-201-4568
  • Mary Johnson, Lead Admin, Licensing, Enforcement: 651-201-4591
  • Carissa Skjegstad, Fee Processing, Maintenance Permits processing: 651-201-5014
  • Jennifer Swanson, Fee Processing, Records: 651-201-4219
  • Mary Ann Miller, Well Disclosures, Water Quality Data: 651-201-3574

  • Jon Olson, Supervisor: 651-201-4614
  • Avery Guertin, Hydrologist, Enforcement, Rulemaking: 651-201-5959
  • Cole Huggins, Hydrologist, Sealing Specialist, Water-Supply Well Maintenance Permits: 651-201-4650
  • Jen Jevnisek, Hydrologist, Variance, Data Systems: 651-201-4583
  • Kara Dennis, Hydrologist, Environmental Wells, Geothermal Projects, Delegated Well Programs: 651-201-4589

  • Mark Malmanger, Supervisor: 218-308-2118

Bemidji

Counties: Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Wadena.

705 Fifth Street Northwest, Suite A
Bemidji, MN 56601-2933
218-308-2100
Fax: 218-308-2122
Directions to Bemidji office

Staff

  • Chris Prokosch, Hydrologist: 218-407-2465

Duluth

Counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, and St. Louis.

Duluth Technology Village
11 East Superior Street, Suite 290
Duluth, MN 55802-2007
218-302-6166
Fax: 218-723-2359
Directions to Duluth office

Staff

  • Mike Freeman, Well Inspector: 218-302-6167

Fergus Falls

Counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse, and Wilkin.

2312 College Way
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-3858
218-332-5150
Fax: 218-332-5196
Directions to Fergus Falls office

Staff

  • Jeff Grugel, Hydrologist: 218-332-5148

Marshall

Counties: Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Stevens, Swift, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine.

1400 East Lyon Street, Suite 102
Marshall, MN 56258-2504
507-476-4220
Fax: 507-537-7194
Directions to Marshall office

Staff

  • Bob Nielsen, Hydrologist: 507-476-4227
  • Tom Steffl, Well Standards Representative: 507-476-4231

  • Jennifer Weier, Supervisor: 651-201-3658

Metro

Counties: Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington.

625 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
651-201-4600 or 800-383-9808
Fax: 877-434-9853
Directions to St. Paul offices

Staff

  • Douglas Edson, Hydrologist, Public Wells: 651-201-3659
  • Patrick Sarafolean, Hydrologist: 651-201-3962

St. Cloud

Counties: Benton, Carver, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wright.

4140 Thielman Lane, Suite 101
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320-223-7300
Fax: 320-223-7350
Directions to St. Cloud office

Staff

  • Kiel Jenkin, Hydrologist: 320-247-1685
  • Troy Kuck, Well Standards Representative: 320-640-3539

Rochester

Counties: Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, LeSueur, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Scott, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Winona.

3425 40th Avenue Northwest, Suite 115
Rochester, MN 55901
507-206-2700
Fax: 507-206-2711
Directions to Rochester office

Staff

  • Shayne Benjamin, Hydrologist: 507-206-2708
 
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Last Updated: 05/06/2025

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