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Grand Forks County, North Dakota

9 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 69,787 people in Grand Forks County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

9
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
232
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
25.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (4 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ND035 · Grand Forks County 9 sys · 232 viol · #743/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #743/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Stark County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Grand Forks County ranks #743 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Grand Forks County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #743 of 3,254 · #3 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Grand Forks County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Grand Forks County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Morton · lowest Slope · highest Stutsman · near Ramsey · near 61.5% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Grand Forks Regional WTP 57,339 21 Detected
East Central Regional WD-Gf 5,995 9 Clean
Agassiz Water Users District 3,438 5 Clean
Larimore City Of 1,346 3 Clean
Northwood City Of 945 35 -
Emerado City Of 414 41 -
Arvilla Water Users Association 180 6 -
Forest River Colony 100 53 -
Larsons Drive Inn 30 59 -

Compare beyond North Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Grand Forks County

Cross-state counties nearest Grand Forks County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (232). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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