2/19/2020 Information regarding Manganese in the Sturgis water system.  More information from the DENR regarding manganese.

DENR tool to find information about all state water systems. 

4/20/2012:   SD DENR Recognizes the City of Sturgis for Drinking Water Compliance - 

The SD DENR has awarded a  Drinking Water Certificate  of Achievement Award to the City of Sturgis for outstanding water system operations and environmental compliance with the state drinking water standards for the past year. The manager and operators receiving this award guaranteed the Sturgis water to be safe by achieving 100% compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act during 2011.

In order to qualify for the Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award, public water systems and their operators had to meet all of the following requirements for 2011:

• Compliance monitoring
• Drinking water standards
• Distribute a Drinking Water Report
• Lead/copper action levels
• Comply with operator certification requirements

2011 DENR Certificate of Achievement

Water Testing 

The State of South Dakota requires a battery of various tests to be performed on municipal water systems on a yearly basis.  Test results are included in the Drinking Water Reports.  Additional test results are also shown.

2009  State Water Rest Results
2010  State Water Test Results
2011  State Water Test Results
2012  Copper & Lead Test Results
2012  Numerous/Variety Test Results
2012  Other Test Results
2012  Stage 1 DBP Results
2012  Well 3 Nitrate Test Results
2013  State Water Test Results
2014  Test Results
2015  Bacteria and Fluoride Test Results
2015  Water Testing
2016 Flouride 
2016 Other Test Results 
2016  Additional tests including bacteria test
2017  Bacteria Testing
2017  Fluoride Testing
2017  Other Misc. Testing
2018 Bacteria Testing
2018 Fluoride Testing
2018 Lead & copper Testing
2018 Water testing - misc.
2019 Water Sample Testing
2020 Water Sample Testing
2021 Water Sample Testing
2022 Water Sample Testing
2023 Water Sample Testing
2024 Water Sample Testing

If you have questions regarding any of these tests or the results, please contact the Sturgis Water Department at 347-4422.

Annual Reports 

2010  Drinking Water Report
2011  Drinking Water Report
2013  Drinking Water Report
2014  Drinking Water Report
2015  Drinking Water Report
2016  Drinking Water Report
2017  Drinking Water Report
2018 Drinking Water Report
2019 Drinking Water Report
2020 Drinking Water Report
2021 Drinking Water Report
2022 Drinking Water Report
2023 Drinking Water Report

Learn More 

To learn more about the importance of clean drinking water visit the  EPA website.

Download a Sturgis  Recycling brochure.