Liberty Hills Community, SD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Liberty Hills Community serves about 68 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Fall River County, South Dakota. EPA system ID: SD4600518. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Liberty Hills Community's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Liberty Hills Community is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 458 South Dakota systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 2 ppb; 0 are over 15 ppb right now and 6 have gone over at some point. Liberty Hills Community's 2 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in South Dakota and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Fall River County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Liberty Hills Community. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs | 3,395 | 3 ppb |
| Fall River Wud | 1,057 | 1 ppb |
| Edgemont | 725 | 3 ppb |
| Hot Springs Va Center | 445 | 4 ppb |
| Oelrichs | 117 | 2 ppb |
| Country Club Estates | 83 | 1 ppb |
| Green Acres Water Corporation | 31 | 2 ppb |
| Provo Area Water System | 25 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Hot Springs, SD
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hot Springs, SD 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 Liberty Hills Community 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.