Community Water System · PWS MT0000240
Harlowton City Of
Operator location Harlowton, Montana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 118 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,050 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,050
- People served (this PWS)
- 118
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Harlowton City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
118 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 #18,985 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Harlowton City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (118), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,050 (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.
- #18,985 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #126 of 283
- Population · MT
- 118
- 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
- 573
- County
- Wheatland
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 94
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 6
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 60 | 2006 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 17 | 2025 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 9 | 2009 |
| Arsenic | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 6 | 1999 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1984 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1984 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Harlowton City Of has 118 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 118), and it ranks #18,985 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)
118 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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 Harlowton City Of
118 violations on record for MT0000240; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
118 violations · 1,050 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Harlowton City Of
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