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Rosebud County, Montana

15 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 7,415 people in Rosebud County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

15
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
3,651
Total violations Upper third of counties
93.3%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MT087 · Rosebud County 15 sys · 3,651 viol · #2576/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2576/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 67%
  • SYS-SMALL 15 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Flathead County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Rosebud County ranks #2,576 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #28 of 56 counties in Montana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Rosebud County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.2% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Rosebud County . Population served ranks #2,576 of 3,254 · #28 of 56 in Montana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Rosebud County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Powder River · lowest Park · near Flathead · near Petroleum · highest 66.7% 93.1% 93.1% 93.3% 93.5% 93.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Rosebud County

Cross-state counties nearest Rosebud County on flagged-system share (93.3%) and cumulative violation count (3,651). 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.

4 peers

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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