What is the Munimetric score for North Dakota?

Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in North Dakota. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.

Which water systems in North Dakota face the most infrastructure stress?

The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in North Dakota by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.

How does North Dakota compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?

North Dakota is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.

Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in North Dakota water systems?

Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for North Dakota water systems?

Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.

What compliance signals are active in North Dakota?

Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across North Dakota water systems.

Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in North Dakota?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

How many covered systems in North Dakota have recent recorded drinking-water violations?

Stored public records show 1 covered system with recent drinking-water violations, with 2 recorded violations across 29 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.

How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in North Dakota?

Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 26 covered systems; 23 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.

How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in North Dakota?

Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 26 covered systems; 12 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.

What source-water types are represented across covered North Dakota systems?

Stored identity records group covered North Dakota systems by source-water type: Surface water: 13, Groundwater: 16.

Where can I find official drinking-water records for North Dakota?

The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for North Dakota.

Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?

No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

States / North Dakota

North Dakota

Name: North Dakota Drinking Water Infrastructure Stress Data
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Statewide Munimetric profile for North Dakota, covering drinking-water market scores, signal activity, infrastructure stress context, and population insights across 29 scored service markets serving approximately 543,266 people. This state profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

North Dakota has an average MISI infrastructure stress score of 23.2/100 in the Watch band as of 2026-08-18. Public records summarize recent drinking-water violations, PFAS monitoring records, lead and copper context, and source-water mix across 29 covered systems. Updated May 2026.

National context

States sized by scored-market count. Color reflects average stress band.

29Markets scored

23.2Headline composite

~543KPop. served

142Active signals

Band distribution (MISI)

State headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress16.6 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress6.4 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.2 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

23.2 headline compositeNorth Dakota state composite29 markets~543K people served

Belcourt-Turtle Mtn Rural Wtr34.1watch Fargo City of32.4watch Southwest Water Authority32.3watch Grafton City of32.1watch Fort Yates Water System31.7watch Devils Lake City of30.9watch Spirit Lake Wtr Mgmt Rws30.3watch West Fargo City of30.2watch Minot City of29.5watch Bismarck City of28.6watch Valley City City of27.7watch Grand Forks City of27.4watch Williston City of26.7watch Central Plains Water District26.4watch Williams Rural Water District24.7watch Minot Air Force Base23.0watch Dickinson City of22.9watch Barnes Rural Water District22.1watch South Central Rwd North Burleigh21.0watch Cass Rural Water District-Phase I20.4watch Wahpeton City of20.0stable North Prairie Rwd-System Iii19.1stable North Prairie Rwd-System 1&217.6stable Mandan City of16.8stable Jamestown City of15.5stable Southeast Wud (east)8.0stable Agassiz Water Users District7.6stable Grand Forks-Traill Water District7.6stable North Valley Wd-System Ii - Akra6.7stable Belcourt-Turtle Mtn Rural Wtr34.1watch Fargo City of32.4watch Southwest Water Authority32.3watch Grafton City of32.1watch Fort Yates Water System31.7watch Devils Lake City of30.9watch Spirit Lake Wtr Mgmt Rws30.3watch West Fargo City of30.2watch Minot City of29.5watch Bismarck City of28.6watch Valley City City of27.7watch Grand Forks City of27.4watch Williston City of26.7watch Central Plains Water District26.4watch Williams Rural Water District24.7watch Minot Air Force Base23.0watch Dickinson City of22.9watch Barnes Rural Water District22.1watch South Central Rwd North Burleigh21.0watch Cass Rural Water District-Phase I20.4watch Wahpeton City of20.0stable North Prairie Rwd-System Iii19.1stable North Prairie Rwd-System 1&217.6stable Mandan City of16.8stable Jamestown City of15.5stable Southeast Wud (east)8.0stable Agassiz Water Users District7.6stable Grand Forks-Traill Water District7.6stable North Valley Wd-System Ii - Akra6.7stable

State interpretation guide

How to read North Dakota headline composite

Plain-language summary

North Dakota currently shows an average MISI headline composite of 23.2 versus a national average of 24.4. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.

Why this page stands out

29 scored systems are included in this state view, with explicit confidence and source-backed context.
State posture is benchmarked against national averages, not evaluated in isolation.
Top system links below connect state-level findings directly to profile-level diagnostics.

What to do next

Review the executive context to understand the state-level pressure pattern.
Open top system profiles to inspect what is actually driving stress at market level.
Use saved monitoring after research access is enabled to follow high-stress systems over time.

Priority North Dakota paths

Public record layer

Statewide Water Quality Context

Stored public-record context for recent drinking-water violations, contaminant monitoring, and source-water mix across covered systems. This is not a tap-water safety determination and does not change the MISI score.

Systems with recent violations

1 of 29Systems with recent public violation rows.

Source-water mix29 systems

Surface water13
Groundwater16
Purchased water0
Mixed source0
Not stored0

Latest identity snapshot: Jun 30, 2026

Coverage

Violation, enforcement, and compliance-burden counts use the recent 3 years window for dated stored records.
Drinking-water identity snapshots are stored for 29 of 29 included scored systems.
PFAS monitoring summary records are stored for 26 of 29 included systems; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Lead and copper summary records are stored for 26 of 29 included systems; missing records are not treated as absence of lead/copper context.

Water quality questionsDefinitions and public-record context

How many covered systems in North Dakota have recent recorded drinking-water violations?: Stored public records show 1 covered system with recent drinking-water violations, with 2 recorded violations across 29 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.
How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in North Dakota?: Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 26 covered systems; 23 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.
How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in North Dakota?: Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 26 covered systems; 12 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.
What source-water types are represented across covered North Dakota systems?: Stored identity records group covered North Dakota systems by source-water type: Surface water: 13, Groundwater: 16.
Where can I find official drinking-water records for North Dakota?: The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for North Dakota.
Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?: No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO: Federal drinking-water dashboard and public-record search entry point.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: Federal contaminant-monitoring program reference and public data entry point.

Methodology/source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Violation and enforcement counts are aggregated from stored public compliance records across covered systems.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
State drinking-water programOfficial link not currently stored for this state program mapping.

Top recent compliance-burden systemsRecent 3 years

System	Population	Source water	Recent violations	Recent enforcement	Public-record flags
Northwest Rural Water DistrictND5301079	5,102	Surface water	2	4	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records
Fargo City OfND0900336	120,762	Surface water	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Grand Forks Regional WtpND1800410	57,339	Surface water	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Minot City OfND5100660	48,743	Groundwater	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
West Fargo City OfND0900999	34,858	Surface water	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Williston City OfND5301012	26,426	Surface water	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Wahpeton City OfND3900973	7,766	Groundwater	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Devils Lake City OfND3600231	7,141	Groundwater	0	0	PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context

This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. For current advisories or health guidance, consult the utility or state drinking-water program.

Executive context

What This Page Shows

29 of the community drinking-water systems in North Dakota are currently scored. Analytics below are calculated from this covered subset only. Covered systems serve approximately 543K people.

What the Data Suggests

North Dakota has 29 scored service markets in the Munimetric coverage set, covering roughly 543,266 residents in total. At the latest reading, the state-level average lands at 23.2 out of 100, indicating early but meaningful signs of structural stress in aggregate. No markets currently sit in elevated-stress bands.

Across state markets, Capex Pressure stands out as the dominant contributor to headline stress (11.7 points average), with Operational Stress a distant second at 4.9. That pattern suggests a particular kind of pressure — concentrated rather than broadly distributed.

142 active signals are recorded across state markets. The most prevalent is Current Drought Severity, affecting 29 markets.

State-level average stress has been relatively steady between recent observation periods, suggesting the current picture reflects persistent conditions rather than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Recent Movement

Latest average MISI is 23.2 as of Aug 18, 2026. Movement since Aug 17, 2026 is flat.

Compact summary from 96 stored state observations.

State Family Contribution Summary

Capex Pressure11.7 / 20.0

Operational Stress4.9 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility3.8 / 20.0

Governance Risk1.6 / 20.0

Rate Constraint1.2 / 20.0

Signals

Signal Frequency

Signal	Severity	Markets affected	% of scored
Current Drought Severity	high	29	100%
High-AGI Out-Migration	high	23	79%
PFAS Contamination Risk	high	23	79%
Climate Hazard Exposure	medium	20	69%
Lead & Copper Rule Risk	high	12	41%
Parent-Government Fiscal Stress	high	11	38%
Infrastructure Capital Gap	high	8	28%
Income Erosion	high	7	24%
Population Served Decline	high	6	21%
Compliance Escalation	medium	2	7%
Utility Data Staleness	high	1	3%

Markets

Top Markets

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Belcourt-Turtle Mtn Rural Wtr	34.1	Watch	14K	6
2	Fargo City of	32.4	Watch	121K	6
3	Southwest Water Authority	32.3	Watch	9K	6
4	Grafton City of	32.1	Watch	4K	7
5	Fort Yates Water System	31.7	Watch	0	5
6	Devils Lake City of	30.9	Watch	7K	5
7	Spirit Lake Wtr Mgmt Rws	30.3	Watch	4K	4
8	West Fargo City of	30.2	Watch	35K	6
9	Minot City of	29.5	Watch	49K	6
10	Bismarck City of	28.6	Watch	72K	5
11	Valley City City of	27.7	Watch	7K	6
12	Grand Forks City of	27.4	Watch	57K	6
13	Williston City of	26.7	Watch	26K	6
14	Central Plains Water District	26.4	Watch	4K	6
15	Williams Rural Water District	24.7	Watch	5K	6
16	Minot Air Force Base	23.0	Watch	12K	5
17	Dickinson City of	22.9	Watch	26K	5
18	Barnes Rural Water District	22.1	Watch	5K	5
19	South Central Rwd North Burleigh	21.0	Watch	10K	5
20	Cass Rural Water District-Phase I	20.4	Watch	4K	4

Comparison

State Comparison

National average: 24.4

Rank	State	Avg Score	Band	Markets	Delta vs State
28	Maryland	23.7	Watch	78	+0.4
29	North Carolina	23.5	Watch	276	+0.3
30	North Dakota	23.2	Watch	29	+0.0
31	Iowa	23.2	Watch	131	-0.0
32	Arkansas	23.1	Watch	158	-0.1

Analytical posture

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Distribution of scored market scores with the state average overlay.

29 markets plotted.

Stress vs Population

Each point is a scored market; tooltip reveals market-level context.

28 markets plotted.

Population View

People served by community water systems in North Dakota, colored by stress band.

~543K people served by 29 systems in North Dakota

Stable

Watch

Fragile

High Stress

Critical

29 scored systems · colored by stress band

Peer Constellation

Select a market to see its nearest peers by score similarity.

Center market:

24 nearest peers by score distance.

Score Trend

Latest

23.2

Trend

+23.2

Observations

Extended layers

Advanced State Context

Priority views, detailed registers, and methodology supporting the analytical core above.

Markets & signals

Priority Views

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Belcourt-Turtle Mtn Rural Wtr	34.1	Watch	14K	6
2	Fargo City of	32.4	Watch	121K	6
3	Southwest Water Authority	32.3	Watch	9K	6
4	Grafton City of	32.1	Watch	4K	7
5	Fort Yates Water System	31.7	Watch	0	5
6	Devils Lake City of	30.9	Watch	7K	5
7	Spirit Lake Wtr Mgmt Rws	30.3	Watch	4K	4
8	West Fargo City of	30.2	Watch	35K	6
9	Minot City of	29.5	Watch	49K	6
10	Bismarck City of	28.6	Watch	72K	5
11	Valley City City of	27.7	Watch	7K	6
12	Grand Forks City of	27.4	Watch	57K	6
13	Williston City of	26.7	Watch	26K	6
14	Central Plains Water District	26.4	Watch	4K	6
15	Williams Rural Water District	24.7	Watch	5K	6
16	Minot Air Force Base	23.0	Watch	12K	5
17	Dickinson City of	22.9	Watch	26K	5
18	Barnes Rural Water District	22.1	Watch	5K	5
19	South Central Rwd North Burleigh	21.0	Watch	10K	5
20	Cass Rural Water District-Phase I	20.4	Watch	4K	4

Detailed records

Registers

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	Belcourt-Turtle Mtn Rural Wtr	34.1	Watch	14K	6
2	Fargo City of	32.4	Watch	121K	6
3	Southwest Water Authority	32.3	Watch	9K	6
4	Grafton City of	32.1	Watch	4K	7
5	Fort Yates Water System	31.7	Watch	0	5
6	Devils Lake City of	30.9	Watch	7K	5
7	Spirit Lake Wtr Mgmt Rws	30.3	Watch	4K	4
8	West Fargo City of	30.2	Watch	35K	6
9	Minot City of	29.5	Watch	49K	6
10	Bismarck City of	28.6	Watch	72K	5
11	Valley City City of	27.7	Watch	7K	6
12	Grand Forks City of	27.4	Watch	57K	6
13	Williston City of	26.7	Watch	26K	6
14	Central Plains Water District	26.4	Watch	4K	6
15	Williams Rural Water District	24.7	Watch	5K	6
16	Minot Air Force Base	23.0	Watch	12K	5
17	Dickinson City of	22.9	Watch	26K	5
18	Barnes Rural Water District	22.1	Watch	5K	5
19	South Central Rwd North Burleigh	21.0	Watch	10K	5
20	Cass Rural Water District-Phase I	20.4	Watch	4K	4

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 29 community drinking-water systems in North Dakota, covering compliance conditions, capital needs, revenue and rate pressure, and governance risk. Use this page to research which systems face the highest structural stress and how North Dakota compares nationally.

Which water systems in North Dakota face the most infrastructure stress?: The highest-stress systems in North Dakota are ranked by MISI score above. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk—not a single compliance event. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.
How does North Dakota compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: North Dakota is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. The state comparison table above shows where North Dakota ranks nationally and how its average score compares.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in North Dakota water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
What compliance signals are active in North Dakota?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, data staleness, and financial stress indicators across North Dakota systems. The signal frequency table above summarizes which signals are most prevalent statewide.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in North Dakota?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions—compliance posture, infrastructure stress, and governance risk—that provide broader context around system reliability.

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Water Infrastructure in North Dakota

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 29 community drinking-water systems in North Dakota. Each system receives a Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score from 0 to 100, calculated across five risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. Scores are source-backed and deterministic, drawing from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic data, FEMA National Risk Index hazard profiles, and state financial disclosures.

State-level monitoring shows which systems face the highest structural stress, how North Dakota compares against other states nationally, and which monitoring signals are most active across the state. Each individual system profile includes compliance history, score family drivers, peer rankings within population-based cohorts where safeguards pass, and public source context. Full provenance cards and source workbench views remain workflow-gated. Munimetric covers community water systems across all 50 states and territories. This is structural risk research—not a water quality rating, advisory feed, or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

The statewide public-record layer adds drinking-water violation categories, PFAS monitoring summaries where stored, lead and copper context, source-water mix, and official record links across covered systems. These records help explain water-system context alongside infrastructure stress without turning Munimetric into a tap-water safety determination.

What is the Munimetric score for North Dakota?: Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in North Dakota. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.
Which water systems in North Dakota face the most infrastructure stress?: The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in North Dakota by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.
How does North Dakota compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: North Dakota is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in North Dakota water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for North Dakota water systems?: Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.
What compliance signals are active in North Dakota?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across North Dakota water systems.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in North Dakota?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.