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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MT0062306

Earthquake Lake Visitor Center

Operator location West Yellowstone, Montana - 0% of 33 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 503 served per SDWIS.

503
People served (this PWS)
33
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Earthquake Lake Visitor Center standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 33 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%). Population rank #28,618 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Earthquake Lake Visitor Center lands in the middle third by violation volume (33), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (503; 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. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#28,618 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#263 of 283
Population · MT
33
Total EPA violations on record
0%
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
Federal
Connections
1
County
Madison
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
33
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 19 2024
Coliform (TCR) MR 11 2013
Nitrate-Nitrite MR 3 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Earthquake Lake Visitor Center has 33 recorded EPA violations, 45% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 33), and it ranks #28,618 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)

33 Lower than most fewer violations than 54% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Earthquake Lake Visitor Center

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 MT0062306.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

33 violations · 503 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Earthquake Lake Visitor Center

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