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Missoula County, Montana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MT063 · Missoula County 243 sys · 31,553 viol · #447/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #447/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 243 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Fergus County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Missoula County ranks #447 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 56 counties in Montana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Missoula County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #447 of 3,254 · #3 of 56 in Montana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Missoula County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Powder River · lowest Broadwater · near Granite · near 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

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Missoula Water 68,200 84 Clean
University of Montana 15,000 26 Clean
Lolo Water and Sewer Dist 3,315 92 -
Town Pump Bonner 1 2,460 248 -
Clearwater Junction Rest Area 2,002 57 -
Seeley Lake Water District 1,575 187 -
Town Pump Lolo 2 1,556 44 -
El Mar Estates Msla Co Water 1,350 64 -
Wheat Montana at Muralts Travel Plaza 1,225 118 -
Town Pump Missoula 3 1,221 18 -
McGowan Water Cond Inc 1,207 43 -
Valley Christian Cafeteria 1,146 33 -
Travel Centers of America 1,120 203 -
Loves Travel Stop & Country Store Wye 1,050 92 -
Deanos Travel Plaza 959 69 -
Westview Mobile Home Park 947 2,111 -
Town Pump Missoula 7 Wye 935 49 -
Christian Life Center 846 165 -
Phantom Hills Water System 810 91 Clean
Frenchies Super Stop 808 16 -
Town Pump Lolo 1 744 41 -
Travois Village Mobile Park 702 47 -
Frenchtown Elementary School Dist 40 700 17 -
Target Range Main School 660 438 -
Greenfield Mobile Home Park 620 248 -
Lolo Super Stop 615 19 -
Frenchtown High School 550 13 Clean
Snowbowl Lodge 521 34 -
Green Investments 518 340 -
Wye Area Water System 512 93 -
Blessed Trinity Catholic Community 508 30 -
Peak Health and Wellness Center 506 92 -
Zootown Super Stop 504 41 -
Missoula KOA & El Mar Tlr Village 499 30 -
Olde Dairy 460 96 -
Bonner School District No 14 420 272 -
Clearwater Bar Paws Up Ranch 413 84 -
Seeley Lake Campground 404 16 -
The Historic Florence 400 228 -
Grant Creek Water Users Association Inc 380 87 -
Valley Christian School North 350 36 -
Paws Up Angus Ranch Main Complex 327 112 -
Culligan of Missoula 320 32 -
Frenchtown Pond State Park 300 6 -
Larchmont Golf Course 268 18 -
Taco Johns Reserve 264 24 -
Forlorn Hope LLC 262 59 -
Katoonah Lodges 258 29 -
Lolo Community Church 252 11 -
Sorrel Springs HOA 250 153 -

Compare beyond Montana

Mid-flagged peers for Missoula County

Cross-state counties nearest Missoula County on flagged-system share (95.1%) and cumulative violation count (31,553). 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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