Community Water System · PWS MT0003229
Alpine Village Wua
Operator location Columbia Falls, Montana - 0% of 175 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 125 served per SDWIS.
- 125
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 175
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS) Lower third of PFAS-detected systems
Alpine Village Wua standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 175 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds).
The verdict
Alpine Village Wua sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (175), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (125; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- 175
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 125
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- 1
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 49
- County
- Flathead
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 172
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 4 | 2002 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Alpine Village Wua has 175 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 175), 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)
175 Higher than most more violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Alpine Village Wua 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
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/23/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/23/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/23/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/23/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/23/2025 | 4.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/23/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/23/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 1/22/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 1/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 1/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 1/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 1/22/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 1/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 1/22/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 1/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 1/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 1/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 1/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 1/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 1/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Alpine Village Wua
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MT0003229.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
175 violations · 125 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.
What to do with Alpine Village Wua
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