Is DICKINSON CITY OF's water safe to drink?
DICKINSON CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 25,679 people get their water from it, across 7,200 connections.
DICKINSON CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
12 total violations and 11 health-based ones put DICKINSON CITY OF at the 86th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,852 of 12,903.
How DICKINSON CITY OF compares within ND
ND's 52 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; DICKINSON CITY OF carries 11, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DICKINSON CITY OF is from 2014-01-07 (health-based: 2014-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DICKINSON CITY OF'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what DICKINSON CITY OF 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 DICKINSON CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,852th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.