Community Water System · PWS MT0000305
Plains Town Of
Operator location Plains, Montana - 0% of 373 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 1,700 served per SDWIS.
- 1,700
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 373
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Plains Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 373 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #14,904 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Plains Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (373), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,700 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,904 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #90 of 283
- Population · MT
- 373
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 649
- County
- Sanders
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 373
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 6 | 2001 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Benzene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Toluene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Dalapon | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 6 | 1999 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Plains Town Of has 373 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 373), and it ranks #14,904 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)
373 Higher than most more violations than 93% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Plains Town Of plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on Plains Town Of
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MT0000305.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
373 violations · 1,700 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).
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