Grand Forks Regional Wtp, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.91 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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 Grand Forks Regional Wtp
Grand Forks Regional Wtp serves about 57,339 people through 14,951 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND1800410; phone on file: 701-746-2595. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (8.05 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grand Forks Regional Wtp is 8.91 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.91 ppb |
| 2023 | 8.05 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.86 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.71 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.06 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.72 ppb |
How Grand Forks Regional Wtp 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. Grand Forks Regional Wtp's 8.91 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in North Dakota and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Grand Forks County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grand Forks Regional Wtp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Central Regional Wd-Gf | 5,995 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grand Forks, 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 Grand Forks Regional Wtp 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.