Wahpeton City Of, ND
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.37 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.
About Wahpeton City Of
Wahpeton City Of serves about 7,766 people through 1,800 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Richland County, North Dakota. EPA system ID: ND3900973; phone on file: 701-642-8448. 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 up 1.24 ppb from 1.13 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wahpeton City Of is 2.37 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.37 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.13 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.49 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. Wahpeton City Of's 2.37 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in North Dakota and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Richland County
12 other systems share Richland County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wahpeton City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southeast Wud (East) | 4,225 | 3.9 ppb |
| Hankinson City Of | 919 | 3.68 ppb |
| Lidgerwood City Of | 652 | 1.68 ppb |
| Wyndmere City Of | 429 | 0.6 ppb |
| Fairmount City Of | 367 | 1.09 ppb |
| Abercrombie City Of | 263 | 2 ppb |
| Walcott City Of | 235 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mooreton City Of | 197 | 2.24 ppb |
| Christine City Of | 156 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colfax City Of | 121 | 1.79 ppb |
Next steps for Wahpeton, ND
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wahpeton, 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 Wahpeton 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.