Manning Water Board, ND
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.1 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Manning Water Board serves about 55 people through 46 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 surface water, in Dunn County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND1300606. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Manning Water Board's lead record
That is up 11.1 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Manning Water Board is 12.2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 12.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Manning Water Board 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. Manning Water Board's 11.1 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in North Dakota and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Dunn County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Manning Water Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Killdeer City Of | 939 | 0 (not detected) |
| Halliday City Of | 188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dunn Center City Of | 146 | 1.66 ppb |
| Dodge City Of | 87 | 4.05 ppb |
| New Hradec Waterworks | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Manning, 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 Manning Water Board 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.