Public water system · SD4600271
ActiveHisega Meadows Water Inc.
At a glance
Hisega Meadows Water Inc. (PWSID SD4600271) is an active community water system in Pennington County, South Dakota. It reports serving 491 people through 197 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater under influence of surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2002.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
491
Service connections
197
Primary source
GU
Groundwater under influence of surface water
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Hisega Meadows Water Inc. compare with other water systems in Pennington County?
By EPA's size categories, Hisega Meadows Water Inc. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pennington County has 150 active public water systems. Its population served is about half of the county average of 930 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% 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 Hisega Meadows Water Inc. 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 under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules. 1 South Dakota systems (0.1%) list groundwater under influence of surface water as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Hisega Meadows Water Inc.?
EPA lists Hisega Meadows Water Inc. 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 Hisega Meadows Water Inc. have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2002. The violations listed here began between July 1976 and October 2002. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminants or rules involved are Consumer Confidence Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Asbestos and Combined Radium (-226 and -228). EPA lists 3 as resolved and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 1993-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Asbestoscode 1094 | No | Resolved |
| 1976-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010 | No | Archived |
| 1976-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
All 5 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.
Hisega Meadows Water Inc.: frequently asked questions
Who runs Hisega Meadows Water Inc.?
Hisega Meadows Water Inc. (PWSID SD4600271) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the SD state drinking water program.
How many people does Hisega Meadows Water Inc. serve?
Hisega Meadows Water Inc. reports serving 491 people through 197 service connections in Pennington County, South Dakota.
Where does Hisega Meadows Water Inc. get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater under influence of surface water. Groundwater under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules.
Does Hisega Meadows Water Inc. have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2002. 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 Hisega Meadows Water Inc.'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 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2002. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the SD state drinking water program.
Where can I find Hisega Meadows Water Inc.'s water quality report?
As a community water system, Hisega Meadows Water Inc. 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 system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City | Pennington | 72,009 | Community | Surface water |
| Box Elder | Pennington | 14,000 | Community | Groundwater |
| Rapid Valley Sanitary District | Pennington | 11,408 | Community | Surface water |
| Ellsworth Afb | Pennington | 9,100 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Nps-Mount Rushmore National Memorial | Pennington | 4,100 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Colonial Pine Hills Sanitary Distric | Pennington | 1,200 | 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, “Hisega Meadows Water Inc., PWSID SD4600271, South Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/south-dakota/hisega-meadows-water-inc-sd4600271 (data as of October 1, 2026).