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Is West Fargo, ND tap water safe?

City of West Fargo serves West Fargo, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

City of West Fargo serves West Fargo. In EPA’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 62 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

Water testing near West Fargo

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Dakota certifies.

TapBuff hasn’t read North Dakota’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.

Certified labs, state by state

ZIP codes in West Fargo

Which ZIP codes are in West Fargo: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology.

Near West Fargo

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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