Bottineau City Of, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.05 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Bottineau City Of
Bottineau City Of serves about 2,211 people through 980 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Bottineau County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND0500099; phone on file: 701-228-3232. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Bottineau City Of's lead record
That is down 1.01 ppb from 2.06 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bottineau City Of is 5.32 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.05 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.06 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.09 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.23 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.66 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.09 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.32 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.32 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other North Dakota systems
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. Bottineau City Of's 1.05 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in North Dakota and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Bottineau County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bottineau City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| All Seasons Wd-System I | 890 | 1.81 ppb |
| All Seasons Wd-System Iii | 790 | 5.51 ppb |
| Westhope City Of | 429 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lansford City Of | 245 | 2.65 ppb |
| Willow City City Of | 163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maxbass City Of | 84 | 0.73 ppb |
| Souris City Of | 58 | 0.84 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bottineau, ND may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bottineau City Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.