Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MT0004494
Sanders Water System
Operator location Arlee, Montana - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 60 people served; 221 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 60
- People served (this PWS)
- 221
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sanders Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
60 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Sanders Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (221), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (60; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 221
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 60
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 3
- County
- Lake
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 212
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 9
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 153 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 2013 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 22 | 2024 |
| E. COLI | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 5 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 4 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sanders Water System has 221 recorded EPA violations, 87% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 221), 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)
221 Higher than most more violations than 87% 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 Sanders Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 60 people served and 3 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
221 violations · 60 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 Sanders Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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