Is CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,504, over 1,200 connections.
CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT ranks 4,555th by violation burden (65th percentile) - 6 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT compares within ND
ND's 52 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT carries 4, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT is from 2007-06-07 (health-based: 2005-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,555th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.