Makoti City Of, ND
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 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.
Who runs the water here
Makoti City Of serves about 154 people through 95 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ward County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND5100593; phone on file: 701-212-6242. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Makoti City Of's lead record
That is down 1.73 ppb from 1.73 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Makoti City Of is 27 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.73 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.72 ppb |
| 2024 | 27 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Makoti 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. Makoti City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in North Dakota and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Ward County
13 other systems share Ward County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Makoti City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Minot City Of | 48,743 | 13.5 ppb |
| North Prairie Rwd-System 1&2 | 7,748 | 1.8 ppb |
| North Prairie Rwd-System Iii | 2,742 | 9.31 ppb |
| Surrey City Of | 1,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Upper Souris Water District-System I | 1,296 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burlington City Of | 1,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kenmare City Of | 961 | 3.82 ppb |
| Berthold City Of | 454 | 1.25 ppb |
| West River Water And Sewer | 450 | 1.57 ppb |
| Sawyer City Of | 357 | 0.75 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Makoti, 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 Makoti 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.