UPLAND COLONY

ARTESIAN, SD · ~198 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

SD4602077

State

South Dakota

City

ARTESIAN

Population served

198

Primary source

Groundwater

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

146

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

190

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Dec 2024. Official EPA record →

Monitoring · Lead & Copper Rule began Jul 2024 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Uranium began Jan 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Combined radium-226/228 began Jan 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Gross alpha began Jan 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 3014 began Oct 2021 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Lead & Copper Rule began Oct 2019 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total coliform began Jul 2015 Resolved

Other began Aug 2012 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2008 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total coliform began Sep 2007 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2007 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2985 began Jan 2007 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SOX Dec 2024
State action · SIF Aug 2024
State action · SIE Aug 2024
State action · SIF Apr 2023
State action · SOX Mar 2023
State action · SOX Mar 2023
State action · SOX Mar 2023
State action · SIE Jan 2023

This profile is built from EPA public records for system SD4602077 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.