Upper Souris Water District-System Ii, ND
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Upper Souris Water District-System Ii at a glance
Upper Souris Water District-System Ii serves about 230 people through 85 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ward County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND5101130; phone on file: 701-385-4093. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Upper Souris Water District-System Ii is 2.29 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.29 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. Upper Souris Water District-System Ii's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in North Dakota and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Ward County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Upper Souris Water District-System Ii. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Minot City Of | 48,743 | 13.5 ppb |
| 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 |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Upper Souris Water District-System Ii'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 Upper Souris Water District-System Ii 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.