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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MT0001429

Augusta School Dist 45

Operator location Augusta, Montana - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 86 people served; 263 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

86
People served (this PWS)
263
EPA violations (this PWS)
17
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Augusta School Dist 45 standing, high SDWIS violation third

86 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Augusta School Dist 45 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (263), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (86; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

263
Total EPA violations on record
6%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
86
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
11
County
Lewis and Clark
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
17
Monitoring Violations
245
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 29 2015
Coliform (TCR) MCL 17 2006
Lead and Copper Rule MR 15 2022
Arsenic MR 6 2011
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 6 2022
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 6 2021
Aldicarb MR 4 2011
2,4-D MR 4 2011
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 4 2011
Pentachlorophenol MR 4 2011
Dinoseb MR 4 2011
Dalapon MR 4 2011
OXAMYL MR 4 2011
Carbofuran MR 4 2011
2,4,5-TP MR 4 2011
Aldicarb sulfone MR 4 2011
Picloram MR 4 2011
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2011
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2011
Vinyl chloride MR 3 2011
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2011
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2011
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 2011
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 2011
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 2011
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 2011
CHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2011
Benzene MR 3 2011
Styrene MR 3 2011
Endrin MR 3 2011

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Augusta School Dist 45 has 263 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 263), 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)

263 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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 Augusta School Dist 45

EPA SDWIS lists 86 people served and 11 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

263 violations · 86 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 Augusta School Dist 45

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
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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