Drayton City Of, ND
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Drayton City Of at a glance
Drayton City Of serves about 824 people through 426 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 Pembina County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND3400269; phone on file: 701-454-3590. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Drayton City Of is 22 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3.74 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.95 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.06 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.87 ppb |
| 2018 | 22 ppb over 15 |
How Drayton City Of compares
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. Drayton City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in North Dakota and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Pembina County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Drayton City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Northeast Rwd- North Valley Branch | 3,422 | 2.36 ppb |
| Cavalier City Of | 1,302 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walhalla City Of | 996 | 1.43 ppb |
| Pembina City Of | 592 | 1.93 ppb |
| Neche City Of | 371 | 6 ppb |
| St Thomas City Of | 331 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain City Of | 92 | 1.15 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Drayton, 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 Drayton City Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 3320 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.