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Mountrail County, North Dakota

4 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 1,436 people in Mountrail County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

4
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
376
Total violations Lower third of counties
75.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ND061 · Mountrail County 4 sys · 376 viol · #3127/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 75.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.8% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3127/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Mountrail County ranks #3,127 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #39 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Mountrail County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 75.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Mountrail County . Population served ranks #3,127 of 3,254 · #39 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Mountrail County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Morton · lowest Burleigh · near Grant · near Slope · highest 61.5% 75% 75% 80% 80% 83.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Stanley City Of 1,138 30 -
Plaza City Of 171 110 -
Ross City Of 97 236 -
North Prairie RWD System IV 30 0 -

Compare beyond North Dakota

Lower-flagged peers for Mountrail County

Cross-state counties nearest Mountrail County on flagged-system share (75.0%) and cumulative violation count (376). 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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