Is STURGIS's water safe to drink?

STURGIS's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 7,020, over 3,175 connections.

How this compares nationally

STURGIS has 30 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 9,802th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 24th percentile nationally.

How STURGIS compares within SD

STURGIS's 0 health-based violations sit within the SD average of 3.0, across 74 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 STURGIS is from 1993-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

What this data is and is not

This is what STURGIS 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 STURGIS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,802th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.