Community Water System · PWS MT0000181
Columbia Falls City Of
Operator location Columbia Falls, Montana - larger served population (> 3,309) at 4,450 people served; 99 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 4,450
- People served (this PWS)
- 99
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 19
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Columbia Falls City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
4,450 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 19% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #8,304 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Columbia Falls City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (99), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,450; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 19% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #8,304 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #30 of 283
- Population · MT
- 99
- Total EPA violations on record
- 19%
- 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
- 2,186
- County
- Flathead
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 18
- Monitoring Violations
- 77
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 18 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2017 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Dalapon | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 2022 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 1 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Columbia Falls City Of has 99 recorded EPA violations, 73% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 27% carry more. 19% of this system's own violations are health-based (19 of 99), and it ranks #8,304 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)
99 Around the middle fewer violations than 27% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOS | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/10/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/10/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/10/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/10/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 12/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 12/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 12/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 12/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 12/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 12/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 12/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Columbia Falls City Of
EPA SDWIS lists 4,450 people served and 2,186 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
99 violations · 4,450 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Columbia Falls City Of
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