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Mission Mountain View HOA

What EPA’s and Montana’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
80 people
Connections
28
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Ronan, MT
County
Lake
Owner
Private
Hardness
Moderately hard
The ZIP code it serves

59864

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Uranium, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Montana’s own results, samples taken from Oct. 5, 2020 to Dec. 11, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Nov. 19, 2012 to Dec. 5, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

2018, one sample: 1.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppb, in 2012: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2018, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.0 ppb.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.13ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 0.12 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.13 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.12 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.14 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.12ppm

One sample

2021, one sample: 0.12 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.12 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That is the only year on file, and its one sample was 0.12 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.13 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

None of the filters TapBuff has checked so far carry these claims. Search the certifier listings for the claim above.

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Hardness

Moderately hard, 106 mg/L (6.2 grains per gallon), at its one sampling point, in 2020.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Revised Total Coliform RuleE. coli was confirmed in the water system.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR)July 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 27 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Montana’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium comes from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Mission Mountain View HOA’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Montana’s results run from Oct. 5, 2020 to Dec. 11, 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from Nov. 19, 2012 to Dec. 5, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Mission Mountain View HOA’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Montana certifies.

The 3 labs Montana certifies closest to the area Mission Mountain View HOA serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Mission Mountain Laboratories

    Ravalli, MT · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 370-1089

  • Missoula CCHD Water Lab

    Missoula, MT · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 523-4755

  • RD Water Lab, LLC

    Missoula, MT · about 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 721-8179

Montana State Environmental Laboratory: Private well testing packages for bacteria, metals, nutrients, anions, organic chemicals and more, open to the public. Samples can be mailed, sent by the lab's free courier, or dropped off at the lab. Environmental Laboratory, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.

All 36 certified labs for Montana

Sources

PWSID MT0003157. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.