Canova water quality

Updated 2026-10-22 · South Dakota · Affiliate disclosure

We read 4 results from Canova’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 3 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 89 people · Water system ID SD4600081 · Read the district’s 2025 report (opens in a new tab)

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Results from the 2025 report

Each number is copied from the district’s report and links to the page it’s printed on. Where the report lists several plants, wells or purchased water, the highest is shown.

ContaminantResultHealth goalLegal limitWhat it means
Gross alpha (radioactivity)highest measured · range ND to 12 · sampled 2023 · 2025 report, page 412 pCi/L0 pCi/L15 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Lead90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · sampled 2023 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 46 ppb0.2 ppb15 ppb (action level)Above the health goal30x the health goal
Radium (combined 226 + 228)highest measured · range ND to 1 · sampled 2023 · 2025 report, page 41 pCi/L0 pCi/L5 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Copper90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · sampled 2023 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 40.3 ppm0.3 ppm1.3 ppm (action level)Below the health goal

Utility results describe the whole system, measured where water enters the pipes, not your tap. Your home’s plumbing can add lead or copper. 1 number we weren’t sure about is held back until a person checks.

What you can do

Nothing here is an emergency notice: if the district has a violation, it must tell customers directly. If you’d like to lower these at your tap, these are the treatments that remove them, and the catalog shows the models certified for each. Ranking is by certified removal; commissions never change the order.

Radium and uranium

Found: Gross alpha (radioactivity), Radium (combined 226 + 228)

What removes it: Reverse osmosis.

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Lead

Found: Lead

What removes it: Certified carbon block or RO.

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