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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MT0001386

Lavina School District

Operator location Lavina, Montana - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 94 people served; 322 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

94
People served (this PWS)
322
EPA violations (this PWS)
11
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Lavina School District standing, high SDWIS violation third

94 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Lavina School District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (322), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (94; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

322
Total EPA violations on record
3%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
94
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.

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1
County
Golden Valley
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
11
Monitoring Violations
302
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 34 2015
Chlorine MR 24 2015
Lead and Copper Rule MR 12 2014
Coliform (TCR) MCL 11 2008
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 9 2008
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 9 2008
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 9 2008
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 9 2008
Vinyl chloride MR 9 2008
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 9 2008
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 9 2008
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 9 2008
Carbon tetrachloride MR 9 2008
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 9 2008
Trichloroethylene MR 9 2008
Tetrachloroethylene MR 9 2008
Styrene MR 9 2008
Xylenes, Total MR 9 2008
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 9 2008
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 9 2008
CHLOROBENZENE MR 9 2008
Benzene MR 9 2008
Toluene MR 9 2008
Ethylbenzene MR 9 2008
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 9 2008
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 7 2017
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 3 2017
Nitrate MR 2 1998
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 1 1996
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 1 1996

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Lavina School District has 322 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 322), 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)

322 Higher than most more violations than 92% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Lavina School District

EPA SDWIS lists 94 people served and 1 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

322 violations · 94 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.

4 peers

What to do with Lavina School District

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

  • See how every tracked system in Montana compares on the same EPA violation measures. Montana systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater