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Community Water System · PWS MT0000570

Highland Park Utilities Assn

Operator location Glendive, Montana - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 500 people served; 70 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

500
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
70
EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
5
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Highland Park Utilities Assn standing, mid SDWIS violation third

500 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #29,256 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Highland Park Utilities Assn lands in the middle third by violation volume (70), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (500; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#29,256 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#269 of 283
Population · MT
70
Total EPA violations on record
7%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
33/100
Highland Park Utilities Assn

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
5
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
65
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
141
County
Dawson
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
57
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 7 2005
Lead and Copper Rule MR 6 2013
Fluoride MCL 5 1999
Arsenic MR 5 2002
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 5 2020
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 5 2023
TTHM MR 3 2006
Asbestos MR 3 2011
Revised Total Coliform Rule Other 3 2016
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2006
Endrin MR 1 2000
Methoxychlor MR 1 2000
Dalapon MR 1 2000
OXAMYL MR 1 2000
Simazine MR 1 2000
Picloram MR 1 2000
Dinoseb MR 1 2000
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 1 2000
Aldicarb sulfone MR 1 2000
Aldicarb MR 1 2000
Atrazine MR 1 2000
Heptachlor MR 1 2000
2,4-D MR 1 2000
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2000
Pentachlorophenol MR 1 2000
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 1 2000
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 1 2000
Chlordane MR 1 2000
2,4,5-TP MR 1 2000
Heptachlor epoxide MR 1 2000

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Highland Park Utilities Assn has 70 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 70), and it ranks #29,256 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)

70 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% 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

Highland Park Utilities Assn 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

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Highland Park Utilities Assn-70, 7%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Population served record for Highland Park Utilities Assn

EPA SDWIS lists 500 people served and 141 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

70 violations · 500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Highland Park Utilities Assn

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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