New Salem City Of, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.54 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. 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
New Salem City Of serves about 946 people through 420 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Morton County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND3000736; phone on file: 701-843-7828. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
New Salem City Of's lead record
That is up 1.54 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Salem City Of is 1.66 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.54 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.66 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. New Salem City Of's 1.54 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in North Dakota and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Morton County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Salem City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mandan City Of | 21,769 | 4.2 ppb |
| Missouri West Water System | 4,303 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Ullin City Of | 807 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hebron City Of | 747 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crown Butte Coop | 320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flasher City Of | 232 | 0.52 ppb |
| Riverview Heights | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southwest Wa-Junction Inn(Missouri West) | 173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Almont City Of | 122 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southwest Wa-Tower Hill (Missouri West) | 43 | 1.67 ppb |
Next steps for New Salem, ND
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Salem, 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 Salem 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.