Is Hot Springs Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Fall River

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1995-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1995-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1976-07-01 → 1980-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1976-07-01 → 1980-06-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	167.3 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 301 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	4.1 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0030 mg/L 20% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2023
Nitrate	856 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	8/12	SYR4	2017–2019
TTHM	3.525 µg/L 4.4% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 3.6 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.867 µg/L 3.1% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	4.297 pCi/L 29% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.35 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2017
Lithium	122 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2025

33 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: TRACY BASTIAN
Phone: 6057453135
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Hot Springs

Is Hot Springs tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 8 contaminants in Hot Springs's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Hot Springs's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Lead, Nitrate, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Hot Springs serve?

Hot Springs reports serving 3,395 people in South Dakota, per its EPA record.

Has Hot Springs had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 4 violations on file for Hot Springs, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.