Rapid City releases 2025 Drinking Water Quality Report with testing results, system updates

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) — Rapid City residents can now review the city’s latest Drinking Water Quality Report, which outlines testing results, system updates and conservation information from 2025.

The annual report, released by the Rapid City Water Division, is available online through the city’s Water Division webpage. Printed copies are also available at the City Hall Cashier/Finance Office, the Public Works counter on the second floor of City Hall and by contacting the Water Division. Customers also received a link to the report in their June utility bills.

Among the highlights are water quality test results showing no violations of drinking water standards for regulated substances detected in the city’s system. The report also includes updates on lead service line inventory work, source water protection efforts and participation in federal monitoring programs that track emerging contaminants.

In addition to water quality data, the report includes health information, details about substances found in source water and the winning entries from the 2025 Drinking Water Week Photo Contest.

Previous annual water quality reports dating back to 2017 are also available through the city’s Water Division webpage.

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