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Jefferson County drinking water quality

42 active public water systems serve 10,189 people in Jefferson County. 15 are compliant, 27 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.

Active systems 42 14 community systems
People served 10K by public water systems
Systems with violations 27 64% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 0 1 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Merry Widow Health Mine Unapproved MT0004863 · Basin · Transient non-community system · Serves 52 1 rule violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Revised Total Coliform Rule.

Community water systems

14 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Whitehall Town of
Whitehall
1,500 3 0
Boulder City of
Boulder
1,400 2 1
Jefferson Hills Wua
Helena
780 3 1
Saddle Mountain Corp Clancy
Clancy
350 0 0
Forest Park Water Users Association
Clancy
323 1 0
Blue Sky Heights Wua Clancy
Clancy
250 4 1
Basin County Water and Sewer Dist
Basin
200 2 1
Hangmans Tree Wua
Clancy
158 0 0
Stoney Brook Village Condominium Assoc
Clancy
142 2 1
Elkhorn Health and Rehabilitation LLC
Clancy
89 3 0
Jefferson Tracts Assoc INC
Clancy
80 2 0
Sunnybrook Acres HOA
East Helena
50 0 0
Red Cliff Estates HOA
Clancy
48 2 0
Rocky Mountain Wua
Clancy
30 3 0
Non-community systems (28: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Lewis and Clark Caverns Visitor Center
Cardwell
615 0 0
Jefferson City South Rest Stop
Jefferson City
600 2 0
Montana City School Dist 27
Montana City
534 2 0
Clancy Elementary School Dist #1
Clancy
333 0 0
Montana City Dollar General
Montana City
303 0 0
Pipestone RV Park
Whitehall
286 1 0
Montana City Grill and Saloon
Clancy
250 0 0
Chubbys Bar and Grill
Clancy
211 2 0
Elkhorn Congregation of Jehovahs Witness
Clancy
180 0 0
Golden Sunlight Mines INC
Whitehall
160 1 0
Papa Rays Casino and Hugos Pizza
Montana City
118 0 0
Jackson Creek Bar and Grille
Clancy
115 2 1
L and C Caverns State Park CG
Cardwell
114 0 0
Discovery Kid Zone Montessori
Montana City
110 0 0
Lewis and Clark Caverns Visitor Contact
Cardwell
106 0 0
Jefferson City North Rest Stop
Jefferson City
100 2 0
Lahood Park Cardwell
Cardwell
94 2 0
Ash Grove Cement Company
Clancy
75 0 0
Lds Church Whitehall
Whitehall
75 0 0
Cardwell School Dist 16 and 31
Cardwell
63 3 1
Montana City Mercantile Hardware Cafe
Clancy
56 2 0
Boulder Hot Springs
Boulder
55 1 0
City Lights Comm Subdi
Montana City
55 0 0
Merry Widow Health Mine Unapproved
Basin
52 1 1
Cardwell Campground LLC
Cardwell
50 2 0
Alhambra RV Park
Helena
27 1 0
Free Enterprise Radon Health Mine
Boulder
27 1 0
Tings Bar
Jefferson City
25 2 0
Inactive systems (25, no longer operating or reporting)

Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.

About this data

Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Montana records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.