Minnehaha Community Water Corp, SD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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
Minnehaha Community Water Corp serves about 13,435 people through 5,374 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lincoln,Mccook,Minnehaha County, South Dakota. EPA system ID: SD4600432; phone on file: 6059105870. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Minnehaha Community Water Corp is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 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. Minnehaha Community Water Corp's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in South Dakota and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Next steps for Dell Rapids, SD
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dell Rapids, 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 Minnehaha Community Water Corp 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.