Is GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP's water safe to drink?
GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 57,339, over 14,951 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP has 9 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,516th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 81th percentile nationally.
How GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP compares within ND
Among the 52 ND systems in this dataset, the average is 2.1 health-based violations - GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP's 8 is above that. 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 GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP is from 2003-01-06 (health-based: 2003-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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
Everything on this page is GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WTP's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,516th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.