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Is Eagle Butte, SD tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Eagle Butte, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Eagle Butte has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Eagle Butte.

Eagle Butte, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 48.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Eagle Butte’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Eagle Butte

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 South Dakota certifies.

The lab South Dakota certifies closest to Eagle Butte, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • South Dakota State Health Laboratory

    Pierre, SD · about 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (605) 773-3368

South Dakota Public Health Laboratory: Sample bottles for testing a private well for bacteria and nitrate, lead, or a new-well panel, ordered online from the lab or picked up at a County Extension office. Instructions and fees come with the bottles. Test a Private Well, South Dakota Department of Health.

All 16 certified labs for South Dakota

ZIP codes in Eagle Butte

Which ZIP codes are in Eagle Butte: 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. Certified labs: South Dakota DANR, laboratories certified for the analysis of drinking water; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Eagle Butte

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