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Water hardness in Plaza

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Plaza, North Dakota.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
1
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Plaza City Of

ND3100798 · Surface water · 171 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.0015 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

10% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
3.49 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

268% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1996 to Jun 30, 1996

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Plaza City Of
RuleStatusPeriod
ChloramineResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 2, 2017
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 2, 2016
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 2, 2015
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 2, 2014

City summary

What the indexed records say

Plaza has 1 published ZIP profile across Mountrail County. The regional-evidence median is 582 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
7.8 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 1Low: 0

Observation window: Apr 26, 2021 to Nov 21, 2025.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Plaza

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

58771

Very Hard

582 PPM

Nearest site
7.8 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Plaza

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.