Public water system · SD4600927

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Silver Dollar Saloon

At a glance

Silver Dollar Saloon (PWSID SD4600927) is an active transient non-community water system in Pennington County, South Dakota. It reports serving 50 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 March 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDSD4600927

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencySD state drinking water program

City servedHill City

StateSouth Dakota

ZIP57745

CountyPennington County

How does Silver Dollar Saloon compare with other water systems in Pennington County?

By EPA's size categories, Silver Dollar Saloon 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 transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Silver Dollar Saloon is about 65% 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. 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 Silver Dollar Saloon?

EPA lists Silver Dollar Saloon 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 Silver Dollar Saloon have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2025. The violations listed here began between June 2016 and March 2025. By type: 6 monitoring, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 required treatment not met and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 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
2025-03-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2024-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-07-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2020-12-07	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2020-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-01-23	Required treatment not metFailure To Address Deficiency · code 45	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Resolved
2016-07-02	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2016-06-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5A	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.

Silver Dollar Saloon: frequently asked questions

Who runs Silver Dollar Saloon?

Silver Dollar Saloon (PWSID SD4600927) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the SD state drinking water program.

How many people does Silver Dollar Saloon serve?

Silver Dollar Saloon reports serving 50 people through 2 service connections in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Where does Silver Dollar Saloon 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 Silver Dollar Saloon 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 March 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 Silver Dollar Saloon'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 March 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the SD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Silver Dollar Saloon's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Silver Dollar Saloon 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, “Silver Dollar Saloon, PWSID SD4600927, South Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/south-dakota/silver-dollar-saloon-sd4600927 (data as of October 1, 2026).