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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MT0002673

Bearmouth Rest Stop Westbound

Operator location Missoula, Montana - 23% of 105 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,000 served per SDWIS.

2,000
People served (this PWS)
105
EPA violations (this PWS)
24
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Bearmouth Rest Stop Westbound standing, high SDWIS violation third

23% of 105 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 23% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,606 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Bearmouth Rest Stop Westbound sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (105), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,000 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 23% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#13,606 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#75 of 283
Population · MT
105
Total EPA violations on record
23%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

System Details

System Type
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
State
Connections
1
County
Granite
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
24
Monitoring Violations
81
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 67 2014
Coliform (TCR) MCL 24 2007
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 11 2025
E. COLI MR 3 2012

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Bearmouth Rest Stop Westbound has 105 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 105), and it ranks #13,606 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)

105 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Bearmouth Rest Stop Westbound

24 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MT0002673.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

105 violations · 2,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Bearmouth Rest Stop Westbound

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