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Dry Creek Estates

At a glance

Dry Creek Estates (PWSID SD4602241) is an active community water system in Meade County, South Dakota. It reports serving 233 people through 49 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 May 2019.

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

Population served

233

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDSD4602241

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served233

Service connections49

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencySD state drinking water program

City servedBlack Hawk

StateSouth Dakota

ZIP57718

CountyMeade County

How does Dry Creek Estates compare with other water systems in Meade County?

By EPA's size categories, Dry Creek Estates is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Meade County has 56 active public water systems. Its population served is about 43% below the county average of 410 people per system, and accounts for 1% of the 22,953 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 Dry Creek 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 Dry Creek Estates?

EPA lists Dry Creek 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. 38 of the 56 active systems in Meade County (68%) are also privately owned.

Does Dry Creek 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 May 2019. The violations listed here began between April 2018 and May 2019. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting and 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (5 of them). 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2019-05-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-04-14	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2019-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-03-17	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-02-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2018-12-16	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2018-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2018-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

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.

Dry Creek Estates: frequently asked questions

Who runs Dry Creek Estates?

Dry Creek Estates (PWSID SD4602241) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the SD state drinking water program.

How many people does Dry Creek Estates serve?

Dry Creek Estates reports serving 233 people through 49 service connections in Meade County, South Dakota.

Where does Dry Creek 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 Dry Creek 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 May 2019. 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 Dry Creek 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 May 2019. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the SD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Dry Creek Estates' water quality report?

As a community water system, Dry Creek 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 Meade County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Sturgis	Meade	7,020	Community	Groundwater
Black Hawk Water User District	Meade	4,500	Community	Groundwater
Northdale Sanitary District	Meade + 1 more	1,075	Community	Groundwater
Piedmont	Meade	971	Community	Purchased groundwater
Bear Butte Valley Water	Meade	882	Community	Groundwater
Fort Meade Va Center	Meade	800	Community	Surface water

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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, “Dry Creek Estates, PWSID SD4602241, South Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/south-dakota/dry-creek-estates-sd4602241 (data as of October 1, 2026).