Highwater Ethanol LLC
Total reported releases 19k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+20%). Total releases concentrations are up 54% since 2010.
24500 US HWY 14, Lamberton, Minnesota · 325193 · Chemicals
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 76% since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are up 12% since 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Redwood County County, MN (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 15,428. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.