Is SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?

SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 8,537 people through 3,415 service connections.

SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country

SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY has 1 violation on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 12,365th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 4th percentile nationally.

How SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY compares within ND

SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY's 0 health-based violations sit within the ND average of 2.1, across 52 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY is from 1995-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY'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 SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 12,365th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.