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Nelson County, North Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ND063 · Nelson County 6 sys · 159 viol · #2869/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.9% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2869/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Nelson County ranks #2,869 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Nelson 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 11.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Nelson County . Population served ranks #2,869 of 3,254 · #24 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Nelson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Morton · lowest Slope · highest Stark · near Richland · 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
Tri-County Water District 2,501 7 -
Lakota City Of 672 30 -
McVille City Of 349 7 -
Michigan City Of 294 9 -
Aneta City Of 222 29 -
Tolna City Of 166 77 -

Compare beyond North Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Nelson County

Cross-state counties nearest Nelson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (159). 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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