Mercer City Of, ND
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Mercer City Of serves about 94 people through 56 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 Mclean County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND2800650; phone on file: 701-447-2600. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mercer City Of's lead record
That is down 1.96 ppb from 1.96 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mercer City Of is 4.9 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.96 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.86 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.86 ppb |
Against other North Dakota systems
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. Mercer City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in North Dakota and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Mclean County
11 other systems share Mclean County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mercer City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Garrison Rural Water District | 1,805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mclean-Sheridan Water District-System 1 | 1,800 | 1.07 ppb |
| Garrison City Of | 1,453 | 2.12 ppb |
| Washburn City Of | 1,246 | 5.08 ppb |
| Underwood City Of | 778 | 2.6 ppb |
| Turtle Lake City Of | 581 | 4.16 ppb |
| Mclean-Sheridan Water District-System 3 | 400 | 2.22 ppb |
| Mclean-Sheridan Water District-System 2 | 390 | 0.78 ppb |
| Max City Of | 334 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riverdale City Of | 205 | 1.22 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Mercer City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Mercer 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.