Barnes Rural Water District, ND
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Barnes Rural Water District at a glance
Barnes Rural Water District serves about 4,938 people through 1,975 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Barnes County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND0201058; phone on file: 701-845-1117. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Barnes Rural Water District is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
Of the 300 North Dakota systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.91 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 20 have gone over at some point. Barnes Rural Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in North Dakota and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Barnes County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Barnes Rural Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valley City City Of | 6,585 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wimbledon City Of | 216 | 0.51 ppb |
| Sanborn City Of | 192 | 0 (not detected) |
| Litchville City Of | 172 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oriska City Of | 118 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dazey City Of | 78 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nome City Of | 62 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sibley City Of | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Barnes Rural Water District's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Barnes Rural Water District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.