Water Quality in Rapid City, SD (57702)
EPA violation data for public water systems serving ZIP code 57702.
Active Health Violations
9 health-based violations found in the past 5 years, with at least one still unresolved. Contaminant levels have exceeded federal safety limits. Consider testing your tap water independently.
More violations than 95% of US ZIP codes.
Based on EPA compliance data. Not a substitute for an official water quality report from your utility.
35,595
Population
91
Water Systems
83
Violations (5yr)
9
Health-Based
Location
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Water Systems Serving This Area (91)
Chapel Lane Water Company
Groundwater 1,200 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Colonial Pine Hills Sanitary Distric
Groundwater 1,200 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Bear Country Usa
Groundwater 1,021 people served
0 violations
Prairie View Park
Purchased surface water 900 people served
0 violations
Cosmos Mystery Area
All resolved Groundwater 600 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Dinosaur Museum
Groundwater 500 people served
3 violations (5yr)
Pactola Pines Store
All resolved Groundwater 500 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Countryside
Groundwater 492 people served
0 violations
Hisega Meadows Water Inc
Groundwater under influence of surface water 491 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rapid City South Rv Park
Groundwater 440 people served
0 violations
Hart Ranch
Groundwater 438 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Pine Grove
Groundwater 425 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 11 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
South Canyon Country Estates
Groundwater 420 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 3 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Heartland Campground
Groundwater 395 people served
0 violations
The Ranch At Black Gap
Groundwater 375 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
The Gaslight
Groundwater 300 people served
0 violations
Golden Valley Water Company
1 health-based Groundwater 283 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Carriage Hills
Groundwater 267 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Happy Holiday Rv Resort
Groundwater 264 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Sunset Ranch
Groundwater 263 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Chapel In The Hills
Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations
Hidden Bluffs Resort
Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations
Htr Black Hills Resorts
Groundwater 180 people served
0 violations
Pine Cliff Estates
Groundwater 180 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 5 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Badlands/White River Koa Kampground
1 health-based Groundwater 174 people served
8 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Strato Rim Estates Water Company
Groundwater 170 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 11 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rapid City Mobile Home Park
Groundwater 170 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Canyon Springs Water And Sewer Distr
Groundwater 163 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Black Hawk Creek Rv Park
Groundwater 158 people served
0 violations
Timberwood Park Estates
Groundwater 158 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Westberry Trails Water Users Assoc
Groundwater 155 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Cleghorn Springs
Groundwater 150 people served
0 violations
Sioux San Hospital
Purchased surface water 150 people served
0 violations
Pine Haven Venue And Lodging
Groundwater 128 people served
0 violations
Black Hills Children'S Home
Groundwater 105 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 7 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Athletic Club Of The Black Hills
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Horse Creek Resort-Lower Wells
Groundwater 90 people served
0 violations
Ponderosa Ridge
All resolved Groundwater 90 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rushmore Candy Company
Groundwater 90 people served
11 violations (5yr)
Spring Canyon Water Company
Groundwater 89 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Sheridan Lake Highlands, Inc.
Groundwater 85 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 7 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Placerville Camp
Groundwater 84 people served
0 violations
Storm Mountain Center
1 health-based Groundwater 80 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rock Ridge Court
1 health-based Groundwater 74 people served
31 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Thrall Mtn. Property Owners Associat
Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Edelweiss Mountain Improvement Assoc
Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 14 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Siphon Hill Water Association
Groundwater 68 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 3 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rimrock Highland Estates Comm Assoc
Groundwater 66 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Lake Park Campground
Groundwater 65 people served
0 violations
Copper Oaks I
1 health-based Purchased groundwater 64 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Cedar Canyon Wesleyan Camp
All resolved Groundwater 62 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Rushmore Hockey Association
Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations
Canyon Lake Resort
All resolved Groundwater 60 people served
5 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
High Meadows Ranchettes
Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Whispering Pines Campground
Groundwater 57 people served
0 violations
Happy Trails Homeowners
1 health-based Groundwater 54 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Hillside Country Cabins
Groundwater 54 people served
0 violations
Rockerville Gold Nugget Lodge
Groundwater 52 people served
0 violations
Restway Travel Park
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Sunnyside Mobile Home Court
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
West Nike Subdivision
Purchased groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Golden Hills Homes
Groundwater 47 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Whispering Pines Water Association
Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rockerville Motel And Cabins
Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations
Firehouse Campground
Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations
Boxelder High Country Association
Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 3 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Cavalry Trails Homeowner Association
Groundwater 44 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
High Sheridan Ranch
Groundwater 38 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Highland Hills
1 health-based Groundwater 38 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Happy Holiday Water Association
1 health-based Groundwater 35 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· 1 health-based
Rimrock Ridge Water Association
Groundwater 35 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 4 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Horse Creek Resort-Log Cabin Well
All resolved Groundwater 35 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Shipwrecks Bar And Grill
All resolved Groundwater 35 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Rimrock Heights Homeowners Associati
All resolved Groundwater 35 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 3 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Creative Kids Too Preschool & Daycar
Groundwater 33 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Ponderosa Park
Groundwater 31 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Norris Peak Water Users Assoc
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Horse Creek Resort-Cabin Well
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Vista Hills
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Silver Mountain Cabins
1 health-based Groundwater 29 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Hidden Valley Water Association Inc
All resolved Groundwater 27 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Leo'S Trailer Court
Groundwater 27 people served
0 violations
Rockerville Pud
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Ponderosa Water Company
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Gas Light
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Pineview Water Association
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 1 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Rimrock Free Evangelical Church
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Camp Rimrock - Presbytery Of South D
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Lightning Ridge
Groundwater 24 people served
0 violations
Sheridan Lake Marina
Groundwater 8 people served
0 violations
Contaminants Found
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-Based
Missed testing deadlines — not a detection of bacteria.
39 violations
All resolved
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts RuleHealth-Based
3 violations
Has active
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UHealth-Based
1 violation
All resolved
Public NoticeMonitoring
11 violations
Has active
E. COLIMonitoring
3 violations
All resolved
ChlorineMonitoring
Used to disinfect water — generally safe at regulated levels.
2 violations
All resolved
Consumer Confidence RuleMonitoring
Annual water quality report delivery requirement.
1 violation
Has active
Xylenes, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
StyreneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Vinyl chlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
DICHLOROMETHANEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CHLOROBENZENEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
EthylbenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TrichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TolueneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
NitrateMonitoring
At high levels, nitrate can cause blue baby syndrome in infants.
1 violation
All resolved
Lead & Copper Levels
Lead (Pb)
Within limit2 ppb measured
Action level: 15 ppb
Sampled: Jan 2024
How Does This Compare?
Rapid City (57702) has more violations than 95% of US ZIP codes. The national average is 18.87 violations per ZIP over 5 years. This ZIP has 83.
Fewer violations 95th percentile More violations
Recommended Water Filters
Based on health-based violations detected in your area, these filter types are commonly used to address similar contaminants. Consult your water utility's Consumer Confidence Report for the most current data.
Activated Carbon Filter
Excellent for removing chlorine, chloramine, and disinfection byproducts like THMs and HAAs. Available as pitcher filters, countertop, or under-sink units.
Targets:THMs, HAAs, Chlorine, Chloramine, Taste & Odor
Look for:NSF/ANSI 42 & 53 certified
UV Water Purifier
Uses ultraviolet light to neutralize bacteria, viruses, and parasites without chemicals. Ideal for homes with microbial contamination concerns.
Targets:E. coli, Coliform, Giardia, Cryptosporidium
Look for:NSF/ANSI 55 (Class A) certified
Always look for filters certified by NSF International for the specific contaminants you want to remove. This is general educational information, not an endorsement of any specific product.