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Lead in North Dakota drinking water

316 community water systems tested

3.2%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(10/316)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
WILTON CITY OF WILTON 711 0.0440 mg/L
WING CITY OF WING 152 0.0290 mg/L
LISBON CITY OF LISBON 2,154 0.0255 mg/L
DEVILS LAKE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE 7,141 0.0180 mg/L
TOWNER CITY OF TOWNER 479 0.0179 mg/L
ST JOHN CITY OF ST. JOHN 341 0.0166 mg/L
CASSELTON CITY OF CASSELTON 2,513 0.0161 mg/L
VELVA CITY OF VELVA 1,084 0.0159 mg/L
LAKOTA CITY OF LAKOTA 672 0.0158 mg/L
TWIN BUTTES WATER PLANT 792 0.0151 mg/L
MINOT CITY OF MINOT 48,743 0.0149 mg/L
BISMARCK CITY OF BISMARCK 72,417 0.0145 mg/L
GRAFTON CITY OF GRAFTON 4,284 0.0135 mg/L
COOPERSTOWN CITY OF COOPERSTOWN 984 0.0134 mg/L
NOONAN CITY OF NOONAN 121 0.0131 mg/L
ALL SEASONS WD-SYSTEM III 790 0.0130 mg/L
ALEXANDER CITY OF ALEXANDER 1,335 0.0130 mg/L
NORTH PRAIRIE RWD SYSTEM IV 30 0.0129 mg/L
KENMARE CITY OF KENMARE 961 0.0126 mg/L
LIGNITE CITY OF LIGNITE 155 0.0124 mg/L
NEW LEIPZIG CITY OF NEW LEIPZIG 221 0.0123 mg/L
FRADETS ORCHARD WATER SYSTEM 56 0.0122 mg/L
OAKES CITY OF OAKES 1,856 0.0121 mg/L
NOME CITY OF NOME 62 0.0121 mg/L
CROSBY CITY OF CROSBY 1,406 0.0120 mg/L
WAHPETON CITY OF WAHPETON 7,766 0.0119 mg/L
JAMESTOWN CITY OF JAMESTOWN 15,427 0.0118 mg/L
HARVEY CITY OF HARVEY 1,783 0.0117 mg/L
DAKOTA MAGIC CASINO 2,360 0.0116 mg/L
PORTAL CITY OF PORTAL 126 0.0114 mg/L
WYNDMERE CITY OF WYNDMERE 429 0.0112 mg/L
FLAXTON CITY OF FLAXTON 66 0.0112 mg/L
MAKOTI CITY OF MAKOTI 154 0.0111 mg/L
BURLINGTON CITY OF BURLINGTON 1,060 0.0111 mg/L
WALCOTT CITY OF WALCOTT 235 0.0109 mg/L
WASHBURN CITY OF WASHBURN 1,246 0.0109 mg/L
WALSH RURAL WATER DISTRICT 3,000 0.0108 mg/L
GLENBURN CITY OF GLENBURN 380 0.0106 mg/L
CATHAY CITY OF CATHAY 43 0.0106 mg/L
GOODRICH CITY OF GOODRICH 98 0.0106 mg/L
COUNTRY ACRES WATER CO 50 0.0104 mg/L
UNDERWOOD CITY OF UNDERWOOD 778 0.0104 mg/L
BUFFALO CITY OF BUFFALO 188 0.0103 mg/L
CARSON CITY OF CARSON 293 0.0101 mg/L
DAKOTA RURAL WATER DISTRICT SOUTH 1,135 0.0101 mg/L
ZAP CITY OF ZAP 237 0.0101 mg/L
MANDAN CITY OF MANDAN 21,769 0.0101 mg/L
BELFIELD CITY OF BELFIELD 1,013 0.0100 mg/L
BEACH CITY OF BEACH 981 0.0100 mg/L
MOHALL CITY OF MOHALL 783 0.0100 mg/L
HAZELTON CITY OF HAZELTON 235 0.0100 mg/L
PAGE CITY OF PAGE 232 0.0100 mg/L
MINNEWAUKAN CITY OF MINNEWAUKAN 224 0.0100 mg/L
RYDER CITY OF RYDER 85 0.0100 mg/L
NORTHWOOD CITY OF NORTHWOOD 945 0.010 mg/L
CANDO CITY OF CANDO 1,115 0.010 mg/L
MEDORA CITY OF MEDORA 112 0.0099 mg/L
RUGBY CITY OF RUGBY 2,876 0.0098 mg/L
ARNEGARD CITY OF 28 0.0098 mg/L
ENDERLIN CITY OF ENDERLIN 886 0.0098 mg/L
ROSS CITY OF ROSS 97 0.0098 mg/L
BOWBELLS CITY OF BOWBELLS 336 0.0097 mg/L
DAKOTA ADVENTIST ACADEMY 80 0.0096 mg/L
MAYVILLE CITY OF MAYVILLE 1,858 0.0096 mg/L
DRAKE CITY OF DRAKE 275 0.0095 mg/L
WILDROSE CITY OF WILDROSE 110 0.0095 mg/L
WALHALLA CITY OF WALHALLA 996 0.0095 mg/L
LEEDS CITY OF LEEDS 427 0.0094 mg/L
BOWDON CITY OF BOWDON 131 0.0093 mg/L
NEW ROCKFORD CITY OF NEW ROCKFORD 1,391 0.0093 mg/L
WATFORD CITY CITY OF WATFORD CITY 6,390 0.0093 mg/L
STATE LINE WATER COOP INC 405 0.0092 mg/L
BERTHOLD CITY OF BERTHOLD 454 0.0092 mg/L
RIVERDALE CITY OF RIVERDALE 205 0.0092 mg/L
WEST FARGO CITY OF WEST FARGO 34,858 0.0090 mg/L
LANSFORD CITY OF LANSFORD 245 0.0090 mg/L
GARDNER CITY OF GARDNER 74 0.0090 mg/L
EDGELEY CITY OF EDGELEY 563 0.0089 mg/L
HUNTER CITY OF HUNTER 261 0.0088 mg/L
ELGIN CITY OF ELGIN 642 0.0088 mg/L
ASHLEY CITY OF ASHLEY 749 0.0087 mg/L
BERLIN CITY OF BERLIN 34 0.0086 mg/L
POWERS LAKE CITY OF POWERS LAKE 280 0.0086 mg/L
ARTHUR CITY OF ARTHUR 337 0.0086 mg/L
SHEYENNE CITY OF SHEYENNE 204 0.0085 mg/L
LIDGERWOOD CITY OF LIDGERWOOD 652 0.0084 mg/L
TUTTLE CITY OF TUTTLE 80 0.0084 mg/L
MOTT CITY OF MOTT 721 0.0084 mg/L
CARRINGTON CITY OF CARRINGTON 2,065 0.0083 mg/L
NORTH PRAIRIE RWD-SYSTEM III 2,742 0.0083 mg/L
GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP GRAND FORKS 57,339 0.0082 mg/L
SCRANTON CITY OF SCRANTON 281 0.0082 mg/L
HARWOOD CITY OF HARWOOD 718 0.0082 mg/L
ARVILLA WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ARVILLA 180 0.0082 mg/L
EDMORE CITY OF EDMORE 182 0.0081 mg/L
HATTON CITY OF HATTON 777 0.0081 mg/L
RIVERDALE SUBDIVISION 88 0.0080 mg/L
JUD CITY OF JUD 72 0.0080 mg/L
PLAZA CITY OF PLAZA 171 0.0080 mg/L
CLEVELAND CITY OF CLEVELAND 83 0.0079 mg/L