Public water system · ND2711599

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Short Stop Convenience Store

At a glance

Short Stop Convenience Store (PWSID ND2711599) is an active transient non-community water system in McKenzie County, North Dakota. It reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

100

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDND2711599

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served100

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyND state drinking water program

City served—

StateNorth Dakota

ZIP—

CountyMcKenzie County

How does Short Stop Convenience Store compare with other water systems in McKenzie County?

By EPA's size categories, Short Stop Convenience Store is a very small system (500 people or fewer). McKenzie County has 12 active public water systems, and Short Stop Convenience Store is the 5th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,013 people per system, and accounts for 0.8% of the 12,159 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across North Dakota, the 403 active systems average 1,864 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Short Stop Convenience Store is about 31% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. North Dakota has 81 active transient non-community water systems, 20% of the state's 403 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 177 North Dakota systems (44%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Short Stop Convenience Store?

EPA lists Short Stop Convenience Store as privately owned. The ND state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 8 of the 12 active systems in McKenzie County (67%) are also privately owned.

Does Short Stop Convenience Store have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2011 and October 2025. By type: 6 monitoring and 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2015-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2011-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 10 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Short Stop Convenience Store: frequently asked questions

Who runs Short Stop Convenience Store?

Short Stop Convenience Store (PWSID ND2711599) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ND state drinking water program.

How many people does Short Stop Convenience Store serve?

Short Stop Convenience Store reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in McKenzie County, North Dakota.

Where does Short Stop Convenience Store get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Short Stop Convenience Store have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Short Stop Convenience Store's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ND state drinking water program.

Where can I find Short Stop Convenience Store's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Short Stop Convenience Store is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in McKenzie County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Watford City City of	McKenzie	6,390	Community	Purchased surface water
Mckenzie County Wrd	McKenzie	3,895	Community	Purchased surface water
Alexander City of	McKenzie	1,335	Community	Groundwater
Telluride Lodge	McKenzie	120	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Sweet Crude Travel Center	McKenzie	75	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Juniper Campground	McKenzie	67	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Short Stop Convenience Store, PWSID ND2711599, North Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-dakota/short-stop-convenience-store-nd2711599 (data as of October 1, 2026).