Christine City Of, ND
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Christine City Of at a glance
Christine City Of serves about 156 people through 62 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Richland County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND3900183. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0.51 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Christine City Of is 0.51 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.51 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Christine City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in North Dakota and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Richland County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Christine City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wahpeton City Of | 7,766 | 2.37 ppb |
| Southeast Wud (East) | 4,225 | 3.9 ppb |
| Hankinson City Of | 919 | 3.68 ppb |
| Lidgerwood City Of | 652 | 1.68 ppb |
| Wyndmere City Of | 429 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fairmount City Of | 367 | 1.09 ppb |
| Abercrombie City Of | 263 | 2 ppb |
| Walcott City Of | 235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mooreton City Of | 197 | 2.24 ppb |
| Colfax City Of | 121 | 1.79 ppb |
Next steps for Christine, ND
Look up your address in Christine City Of'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 Christine 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.