Public water system · SD4601069

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Pactola Pines Store

At a glance

Pactola Pines Store (PWSID SD4601069) is an active transient non-community water system in Pennington County, South Dakota. It reports serving 500 people through 2 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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.

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

Population served

500

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDSD4601069

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served500

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencySD state drinking water program

City servedRapid City

StateSouth Dakota

ZIP57702

CountyPennington County

How does Pactola Pines Store compare with other water systems in Pennington County?

By EPA's size categories, Pactola Pines Store 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 transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Pactola Pines Store is about 3.5 times 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. South Dakota has 173 active transient non-community water systems, 25% 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 Pactola Pines Store?

EPA lists Pactola Pines Store 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 Pactola Pines Store have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between August 2007 and July 2023. By type: 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 5 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. 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
2023-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-09-04	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2016-09-04	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2015-10-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2015-08-29	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2015-08-29	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2015-08-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2010-11-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2010-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2010-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-10-07	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	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.

Pactola Pines Store: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pactola Pines Store?

Pactola Pines Store (PWSID SD4601069) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the SD state drinking water program.

How many people does Pactola Pines Store serve?

Pactola Pines Store reports serving 500 people through 2 service connections in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Where does Pactola Pines 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 Pactola Pines Store have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. 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 Pactola Pines 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the SD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pactola Pines Store's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pactola Pines 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 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, “Pactola Pines Store, PWSID SD4601069, South Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/south-dakota/pactola-pines-store-sd4601069 (data as of October 1, 2026).