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Granite County, Montana

21 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 7,984 people in Granite County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

21
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
2,193
Total violations Middle third of counties
95.2%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MT039 · Granite County 21 sys · 2,193 viol · #2523/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.8% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2523/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 95%
  • SYS-SMALL 21 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Missoula County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Granite County ranks #2,523 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 56 counties in Montana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Granite County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Granite County . Population served ranks #2,523 of 3,254 · #27 of 56 in Montana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Granite County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Granite County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Powder River · lowest Broadwater · near Granite · this county Petroleum · highest 66.7% 95% 95% 95.1% 95.2% 95.6% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Granite County

Cross-state counties nearest Granite County on flagged-system share (95.2%) and cumulative violation count (2,193). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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