Southeast Wud (West), ND
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Southeast Wud (West) at a glance
Southeast Wud (West) serves about 1,275 people through 600 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 Dickey County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND1101442; phone on file: 701-883-4251. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.09 ppb from 2.09 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southeast Wud (West) is 4.71 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.09 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.25 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.71 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.38 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. Southeast Wud (West)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in North Dakota and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Dickey County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southeast Wud (West). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oakes City Of | 1,856 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellendale City Of | 1,394 | 1.93 ppb |
| Maple River Hutterian Association | 140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fullerton City Of | 54 | 1.52 ppb |
| Forbes City Of | 53 | 0.52 ppb |
| Monango City Of | 36 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Fullerton, ND
Look up your address in Southeast Wud (West)'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 (West) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1810 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.