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Wells County, North Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ND103 · Wells County 6 sys · 378 viol · #2693/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.9% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2693/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Wells County ranks #2,693 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wells 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 29.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #2,693 of 3,254 · #18 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wells County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Wells 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
Central Plains Water District 3,504 19 Detected
Harvey City Of 1,783 5 -
Fessenden City Of 479 12 -
Bowdon City Of 131 119 -
Sykeston City Of 117 69 -
Cathay City Of 43 154 -

Compare beyond North Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Wells County

Cross-state counties nearest Wells County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (378). 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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