Public water system record
Sioux Falls
Serves Sioux Falls, Anderson and Meadow View Addition, Minnehaha County, SD · 216,462 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Sioux Falls in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Sioux Falls draws water from 63 wells and 2 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 1976, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 15 lead and 18,038 unknown out of 63,726 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for Sioux Falls go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, began December 2009, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 8, 2009 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Sioux Falls draws water from 63 wells and 2 surface water intakes. It also buys water from Lewis and Clark Regional Water Syste. 1 other community water system buys water from Sioux Falls.
Buys water from
- Lewis and Clark Regional Water Syste Vermillion, SD
Community systems that buy water from it
- Skyline Heights Sioux Falls, SD
Annual water quality report
Sioux Falls must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by South Dakota.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells