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Richland County, North Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ND077 · Richland County 13 sys · 554 viol · #1994/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #1994/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Richland County ranks #1,994 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Richland 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 11.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,994 of 3,254 · #9 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Richland County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Morton · lowest Slope · highest Stark · 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
Wahpeton City Of 7,766 9 Clean
Southeast Wud (East) 4,225 2 Clean
Hankinson City Of 919 48 -
Lidgerwood City Of 652 33 -
Wyndmere City Of 429 69 -
Fairmount City Of 367 39 -
Abercrombie City Of 263 105 -
Walcott City Of 235 44 -
Mooreton City Of 197 18 -
Christine City Of 156 38 -
Colfax City Of 121 71 -
Mantador City Of 64 19 -
Barney City Of 52 59 -

Compare beyond North Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Richland County

Cross-state counties nearest Richland County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (554). 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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