South Dakota
Butte County drinking water quality
12 active public water systems serve 9,372 people in Butte County. 7 are compliant, 5 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.
Community water systems
12 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Belle Fourche Belle Fourche |
5,617 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Butte-Meade Swd-Bean Well Newell |
1,481 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Newell Newell |
583 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Rimrock Water Company LLC Aladdin, Fruitdale, Whitewood |
365 | 0 | 0 | |
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Butte-Meade Swd-Vale Well Newell |
357 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Hay Creek Water Company Belle Fourche |
323 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Nisland Nisland |
206 | 4 | 2 | |
|
Black Hills Water Distribution, LLC Belle Fourche |
135 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Vale Sanitary District Vale |
120 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Fruitdale Fruitdale |
75 | 1 | 0 | |
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Riverside Mobile Home Court Spearfish |
75 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Red Water Distribution LLC Aladdin, Fruitdale, Whitewood |
35 | 0 | 0 |
Inactive systems (8, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The South Dakota records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.