Question 1

Is Big Timber  City Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Big Timber  City Of (PWS ID: MT0000463) has 108 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,650 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Big Timber  City Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Big Timber  City Of serves 1,650 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Big Timber or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 972 service connections. The operator address is listed in Big Timber, Montana.

Question 3

What type of violations does Big Timber  City Of have?

Accepted Answer

Big Timber  City Of has 108 total violations: 9 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 95 monitoring/reporting violations, and 9 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Big Timber  City Of water?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What water source does Big Timber  City Of use?

Accepted Answer

Big Timber  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 Big Timber  City Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Big Timber  City Of ranks #15,102 of 29,740 by people served, and #93 of 283 in Montana. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Big Timber  City Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Big Timber  City Of has 108 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 25% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 75% of that cohort has fewer violations than Big Timber  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
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	6	2003
Nitrate-Nitrite	MR	6	2005
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	6	2014
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	4	2013
Arsenic	MR	3	1999
Endrin	MR	3	2002
Toxaphene	MR	3	2002
Dalapon	MR	3	2002
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	3	2002
Simazine	MR	3	2002
Picloram	MR	3	2002
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	3	2002
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	3	2002
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	3	2002
LASSO	MR	3	2002
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	3	2002
2,4-D	MR	3	2002
2,4,5-TP	MR	3	2002
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	3	2002
Chlordane	MR	3	2002
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	3	2009
BHC-GAMMA	MR	3	2002
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	3	2002
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	3	2002
Aldicarb	MR	3	2002
OXAMYL	MR	3	2002
Carbofuran	MR	3	2002
Methoxychlor	MR	3	2002
Atrazine	MR	3	2002
Heptachlor	MR	3	2002

Big Timber City Of

Big Timber City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

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Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Big Timber City Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served