Community Water System · PWS MT0000432
King Ranch Colony
Operator location Lewistown, Montana - 63% of 625 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 56 served per SDWIS.
- 56
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 625
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 395
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
King Ranch Colony standing, high SDWIS violation third
63% of 625 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 63% is upper-third health share (> 23%).
The verdict
King Ranch Colony sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (625), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (56; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 63% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 625
- Total EPA violations on record
- 63%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 56
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- Private
- Connections
- 17
- County
- Fergus
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 395
- Monitoring Violations
- 208
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MCL | 382 | 2025 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 38 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 15 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MCL | 7 | 1986 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2013 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 6 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Benzene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Styrene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
King Ranch Colony has 625 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 63% of this system's own violations are health-based (395 of 625), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
625 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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
King Ranch Colony 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 King Ranch Colony
395 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MT0000432.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
625 violations · 56 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.
What to do with King Ranch Colony
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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