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Montana

Yellowstone County drinking water quality

118 active public water systems serve 170,080 people in Yellowstone County. 44 are compliant, 74 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 2 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.

Active systems 118 54 community systems
People served 170K by public water systems
Systems with violations 74 63% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 2 1 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Worden Ballantine Yellowstone MT0000022 · Ballantine, Worden · Community water system · Serves 800 4 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Surface Water Treatment Rule and Lead and Copper Rule.
Red Rooster Bar MT0001763 · Shepherd · Transient non-community system · Serves 40 1 rule violated in the past three years

Community water systems

54 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Double Diamond Subdivision Arbor Hills
Billings
50 1 0
Sartorie Legacy Homes
Billings
35 1 0
Silver Creek Condominiums in Yellowstone
Billings
28 1 0
McCann's Water Service LLC
Billings
25 1 0
Non-community systems (64: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Rocky Mountain College
Billings
5,700 0 0
Montana State University Billings
Billings
2,999 0 0
Shepherd Schools
Shepherd
800 3 1
Elder Grove Middle School Bldg 6
Billings
600 2 1
Travel Centers of America Truck Plaza
Laurel
600 0 0
Elder Grove School Buildings 1 & 2
Billings
420 1 0
Custer Rest Area Eastbound
Billings
400 0 0
Custer Rest Area Westbound
Billings
400 0 0
Zoomontana INC
Billings
324 0 0
Shepherd Dollar General Water System
Shepherd
303 0 0
Camelot Ranch Event Center
Billings
300 1 0
Northwest Water Conditioning Culligan W
Laurel
300 0 0
Peter Yegen JR Golf Club
Billings
300 1 0
Town and Country Dba Market Basket
Billings
300 0 0
New Life Church
Billings
250 0 0
Pictograph Cave State Park
Billings
250 0 0
Western Ranch Supply
Billings
215 1 0
Canyon Creek School District 4
Billings
200 1 0
Eagle Rock Golf Course
Billings
200 1 0
Elder Grove School Building Five
Billings
200 1 0
Yellowstone Drag Strip
Acton
200 1 0
Blue Creek School Dist 3
Billings
198 2 0
Billings Christian Schools
Billings
130 0 0
First Student INC
Billings
130 1 0
Billings Christian High School
Billings
125 2 0
Longbranch Casino
Ballantine
120 0 0
Town and Country Lanes and Bar
Billings
101 2 0
Big Sky Speedway
Billings
100 1 0
Custer School Dist NO 15
Custer
100 1 1
Fat Fender Freddys
Laurel
100 0 0
Pompey's Pillar National Monument
Pompeys Pillar
100 1 0
Furniture Row Billings
Billings
90 0 0
Sunshine Academy Shepherd
Shepherd
80 0 0
Fedex Relay Center
Billings
74 2 0
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Shepherd
70 1 1
Pioneer School Dist 41
Billings
70 0 0
Storybook Hollow
Billings
70 0 0
Sunshine Academy Laurel
Laurel
65 1 1
Slumberland Furniture
Billings
64 0 0
Yellowstone Ice and Water Unapproved
Billings
61 2 0
Billings Peterbilt
Billings
60 2 0
Kid Corral Day Care
Shepherd
60 2 0
Pacific Steel and Recycling
Billings
60 1 0
3 North Bar and Grill
Acton
50 1 0
Primo Refill Wal-Mart Heights
Billings
50 0 0
Primo Refill Wal-Mart NO 4412
Laurel
50 0 0
Morin Elementary School
Billings
48 0 0
American Water Technologies
Billings
40 0 0
Mickeys the
Shepherd
40 1 0
Primo Refill Wal-Mart NO 1956
Billings
40 0 0
Red Rooster Bar
Shepherd
40 1 0
Albertsons Blgs Central NO 2030
Billings
30 0 0
Albertsons Blgs Grand Ave NO 2041
Billings
30 0 0
Albertsons Blgs NO 2027
Billings
30 0 0
Albertsons Blgs NO 2047
Billings
30 0 0
Church of Christ
Billings
30 0 0
Cop Construction LLC
Billings
30 1 0
Junction City Saloon
Custer
30 1 0
Pryor Creek Bar and Cafe
Huntley
30 0 0
Primo Refill Albertsons NO 3447 Laurel
Laurel
26 0 0
Lockwood Iga Blgs Sparkling Pure
Billings
25 0 0
Primo Refill Albertsons Billings 3367
Billings
25 0 0
The Fort at 49 LLC
Custer
25 3 1
Winco Foods #155 Billings
Billings
25 0 0
Inactive systems (178, 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.