Short answer: No measured result is above a legal limit. Kingbrook II Rural Water System serves 2,715 residents.
Your water bill or annual water quality report names your actual supplier.
KINGBROOK II RURAL WATER SYSTEM (EPA PWSID SD4600511) delivers groundwater to 2,715 residents. This report reflects 0 individual PFAS result(s) from the source UCMR5 observations and the latest Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile result. Water hardness and disinfectant type are pending the utility's own annual report.
0health-based violations in the last 10 years
From EPA SDWIS. A clean violation history means no enforcement action was recorded; it does not cover contaminants without a limit.
No result is not a pass. Your utility's annual water quality report may list them, and a certified lab test covers your own tap.
Plumbing inside a home can add lead that the system record can't show. A tap test tells you what reaches your glass.
lead 2 µg/L, below the 15 µg/L action level
Screening tells you if something is worth a closer look; a lab result is the number you can act on.
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
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Each card names which Carthage findings its current certification covers, and which it doesn't.
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PurityMap does not give a safe/unsafe verdict; it shows what the public records measured. For Carthage, the lead 90th-percentile result was 2 µg/L against the 15 µg/L action level. KINGBROOK II RURAL WATER SYSTEM (PWSID SD4600511) has a Purity Score of 96/100 (confidence: low), assessed at the water-system level and computed only from contaminants that were measured. Water can change in your own pipes, so a certified test is the only way to know what comes out of your tap.
KINGBROOK II RURAL WATER SYSTEM (PWS ID SD4600511) is the public water system on record for Carthage, South Dakota, serving about 2,715 people. Confirm the utility on your water bill before acting on a specific finding.
Groundwater (primary source of record in EPA SDWIS).
KINGBROOK II RURAL WATER SYSTEM's most recent lead 90th-percentile result (2024) was 2 µg/L, below the 15 µg/L action level. That figure comes from sampled homes; lead usually enters from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.
PurityMap's current record for Carthage holds 1 finding: 1 detected within the reference. Each finding links to its dated public record; a parameter that was never monitored is shown as pending, not as a pass.
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| Contaminant | Result | Benchmark | Status | Sampled | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) | 2 µg/L | 15 µg/L federal action level | Below the listed reference | 2024–2024 monitoring period | Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile: KINGBROOK II RURAL WATER SYSTEM (SD4600511) |
Every value is the published result from the cited public record. A reporting limit is the lowest level the method could reliably quantify; a non-detect is not a guarantee of zero.
State SDWIS Compliance Record
Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile: KINGBROOK II RURAL WATER SYSTEM (SD4600511)
US EPA SDWIS
Methodology: how we analyze water. Prepared with AI assistance and reviewed by the PurityMap Editorial Team before publication.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where Kingbrook II Rural Water System reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at Kingbrook II Rural Water System: 2 µg/L (90th percentile, 2024 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.
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