Minot City Of, ND
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.5 ppb (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. 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.
Minot City Of at a glance
Minot City Of serves about 48,743 people through 10,500 service connections, which makes it a large 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: ND5100660; phone on file: 701-857-4760. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.7 ppb from 10.8 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Minot City Of is 13.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 10.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 4.56 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Minot City Of's 13.5 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in North Dakota and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ward County
13 other systems share Ward County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Minot City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Upper Souris Water District-System Ii | 230 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Minot, 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 Minot 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.