Dakota Adventist Academy, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.74 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Dakota Adventist Academy serves about 80 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Burleigh County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND0800096. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Dakota Adventist Academy's lead record
That is up 1.39 ppb from 1.35 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dakota Adventist Academy is 3.89 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.74 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.35 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3.89 ppb |
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. Dakota Adventist Academy's 2.74 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in North Dakota and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Burleigh County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dakota Adventist Academy. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bismarck City Of | 72,417 | 2.8 ppb |
| South Central Rwd North Burleigh | 10,400 | 1.3 ppb |
| Lincoln City Of | 4,257 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Central Regional Water District | 3,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilton City Of | 711 | 0 (not detected) |
| Imperial Valley Water Co | 345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Apple Valley Coop | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Club Co-Op | 162 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wing City Of | 152 | 39 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bismarck, 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 Dakota Adventist Academy 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.