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Country Road Estates

At a glance

Country Road Estates (PWSID SD4602204) is an active community water system in Pennington County, South Dakota. It reports serving 112 people through 45 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2003.

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

Population served

112

Service connections

45

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDSD4602204
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served112
Service connections45
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencySD state drinking water program
City servedBlack Hawk
StateSouth Dakota
ZIP57718
CountyPennington County

How does Country Road Estates compare with other water systems in Pennington County?

By EPA's size categories, Country Road Estates is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pennington County has 150 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 930 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 139,467 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across South Dakota, the 699 active systems average 1,387 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Country Road Estates is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. South Dakota has 510 active community water systems, 73% of the state's 699 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 431 South Dakota systems (62%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Country Road Estates?

EPA lists Country Road Estates as privately owned. The SD state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 134 of the 150 active systems in Pennington County (89%) are also privately owned.

Does Country Road Estates have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2003. The violations listed here began between October 2003 and October 2003. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Toxaphene, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), total, Methoxychlor and Lindane (gamma-BHC). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Toxaphenecode 2020NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), totalcode 2383NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Methoxychlorcode 2015NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Lindane (gamma-BHC)code 2010NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Atrazinecode 2050NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Heptachlor epoxidecode 2067NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipatecode 2035NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Hexachlorobenzenecode 2274NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Simazinecode 2037NoResolved
2003-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Heptachlorcode 2065NoResolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Country Road Estates: frequently asked questions

Who runs Country Road Estates?

Country Road Estates (PWSID SD4602204) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the SD state drinking water program.

How many people does Country Road Estates serve?

Country Road Estates reports serving 112 people through 45 service connections in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Where does Country Road Estates 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 Country Road Estates have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2003. 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 Country Road Estates' 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2003. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the SD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Country Road Estates' water quality report?

As a community water system, Country Road Estates must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Pennington County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Rapid CityPennington72,009CommunitySurface water
Box ElderPennington14,000CommunityGroundwater
Rapid Valley Sanitary DistrictPennington11,408CommunitySurface water
Ellsworth AfbPennington9,100CommunityPurchased surface water
Nps-Mount Rushmore National MemorialPennington4,100Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Colonial Pine Hills Sanitary DistricPennington1,200CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Country Road Estates, PWSID SD4602204, South Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/south-dakota/country-road-estates-sd4602204 (data as of October 1, 2026).