Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon), 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.
About Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon)
Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon) serves about 1,675 people through 670 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 groundwater, in Ransom County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND3701448; phone on file: 701-899-3676. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.03 ppb from 1.03 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon) is 1.03 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in North Dakota and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Ransom County
4 other systems share Ransom County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lisbon City Of | 2,154 | 0 (not detected) |
| Enderlin City Of | 886 | 2.3 ppb |
| Sheldon City Of | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grant Colony | 25 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lisbon, ND
Look up your address in Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon)'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 Southeast Wud (Central-Lisbon) 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.