East Central Regional Wd-Gf, 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.
East Central Regional Wd-Gf at a glance
East Central Regional Wd-Gf serves about 5,995 people through 2,800 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND1801062; phone on file: 701-599-2963. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
East Central Regional Wd-Gf's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Central Regional Wd-Gf is 1.11 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 | 1.11 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How East Central Regional Wd-Gf 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. East Central Regional Wd-Gf's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st 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.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Grand Forks County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Central Regional Wd-Gf. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks Regional Wtp | 57,339 | 8.91 ppb |
| Agassiz Water Users District | 3,438 | 3.11 ppb |
| Larimore City Of | 1,346 | 1.7 ppb |
| Northwood City Of | 945 | 1.01 ppb |
| Emerado City Of | 414 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arvilla Water Users Association | 180 | 2.86 ppb |
| Forest River Colony | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in East Central Regional Wd-Gf'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 East Central Regional Wd-Gf 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.