Sturgis, SD Water Quality
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 them 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.