Lidgerwood City Of, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.68 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
Lidgerwood City Of serves about 652 people through 423 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 Richland County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND3900567; phone on file: 701-538-4135. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lidgerwood City Of's lead record
That is down 1.33 ppb from 3.01 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lidgerwood City Of is 6.67 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.68 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.01 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.83 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.67 ppb |
How Lidgerwood 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. Lidgerwood City Of's 1.68 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in North Dakota and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Richland County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lidgerwood City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wahpeton City Of | 7,766 | 2.37 ppb |
| Southeast Wud (East) | 4,225 | 3.9 ppb |
| Hankinson City Of | 919 | 3.68 ppb |
| Wyndmere City Of | 429 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fairmount City Of | 367 | 1.09 ppb |
| Abercrombie City Of | 263 | 2 ppb |
| Walcott City Of | 235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mooreton City Of | 197 | 2.24 ppb |
| Christine City Of | 156 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colfax City Of | 121 | 1.79 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lidgerwood, 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 Lidgerwood City Of 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.