New Leipzig City Of, ND
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.21 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
New Leipzig City Of serves about 221 people through 166 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 Grant County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND1900731; phone on file: 701-584-2006. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
New Leipzig City Of's lead record
That is up 2.21 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Leipzig City Of is 56 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.21 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.25 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 56 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. New Leipzig City Of's 2.21 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in North Dakota and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Grant County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Leipzig City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Elgin City Of | 642 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carson City Of | 293 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Leipzig, 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 New Leipzig 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.