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Community Water System · PWS MT0000003

Absarokee Water and Sewer Dist

Operator location Absarokee, Montana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 405 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,100 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,100
People served (this PWS)
405
EPA violations (this PWS)
19
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Absarokee Water and Sewer Dist standing, high SDWIS violation third

405 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,603 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Absarokee Water and Sewer Dist sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (405), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,100 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#18,603 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#122 of 283
Population · MT
405
Total EPA violations on record
5%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
471
County
Stillwater
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
19
Monitoring Violations
372
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 19 2021
Coliform (TCR) MCL 19 2003
Nickel MR 13 2002
Beryllium, Total MR 13 2002
Thallium, Total MR 13 2002
Antimony, Total MR 13 2002
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 12 2018
Coliform (TCR) MR 11 2011
Arsenic MR 10 1999
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 9 1999
Xylenes, Total MR 9 1999
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 9 1999
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 9 1999
Vinyl chloride MR 9 1999
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 9 1999
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 9 1999
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 9 1999
Carbon tetrachloride MR 9 1999
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 9 1999
CHLOROBENZENE MR 9 1999
Benzene MR 9 1999
Ethylbenzene MR 9 1999
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 9 1999
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 9 1999
Trichloroethylene MR 9 1999
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 9 1999
Tetrachloroethylene MR 9 1999
Styrene MR 9 1999
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 9 1999
Toluene MR 9 1999

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Absarokee Water and Sewer Dist has 405 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (19 of 405), and it ranks #18,603 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

405 Higher than most more violations than 94% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Absarokee Water and Sewer Dist

405 violations on record for MT0000003; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

405 violations · 1,100 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

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Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Absarokee Water and Sewer Dist

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Montana compares on the same EPA violation measures. Montana systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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