Question 1

Is Cut Bank  City Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Cut Bank  City Of (PWS ID: MT0000193) has 197 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,105 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Cut Bank  City Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Cut Bank  City Of serves 3,105 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Cut Bank or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,526 service connections. The operator address is listed in Cut Bank, Montana.

Question 3

What type of violations does Cut Bank  City Of have?

Accepted Answer

Cut Bank  City Of has 197 total violations: 16 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 163 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Cut Bank  City Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Cut Bank  City Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Cut Bank  City Of use?

Accepted Answer

Cut Bank  City Of uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Cut Bank  City Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Cut Bank  City Of ranks #10,360 of 29,740 by people served, and #43 of 283 in Montana. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Cut Bank  City Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Cut Bank  City Of has 197 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 15% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 85% of that cohort has fewer violations than Cut Bank  City Of. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
CARBON, TOTAL	MR	19	2009
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	13	2011
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	12	2019
Asbestos	MR	7	2011
Beryllium, Total	MR	6	2005
Nickel	MR	6	2005
Xylenes, Total	MR	6	2005
Antimony, Total	MR	6	2005
Thallium, Total	MR	6	2005
Vinyl chloride	MR	5	2005
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	5	2005
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	5	2005
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	5	2005
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	5	2005
Toluene	MR	5	2005
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	5	2005
Styrene	MR	5	2005
Ethylbenzene	MR	5	2005
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	5	2005
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	2005
Trichloroethylene	MR	5	2005
Benzene	MR	5	2005
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	5	2005
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	2005
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	2005
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	5	2005
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	5	2005
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	5	2005
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	4	2004
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	4	2005

Cut Bank City Of

Cut Bank City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

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Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Cut Bank City Of

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Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served