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Is Belt, MT tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Belt, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Montana’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Belt has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Montana’s records.

Town of Belt, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down.

Water testing near Belt

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Montana certifies.

The 2 labs Montana certifies closest to Belt, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Energy Laboratories, Inc.

    Helena, MT · about 73 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (406) 442-0711

  • Aqua Tech Laboratory

    Lewistown, MT · about 74 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 538-6988

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

ZIP codes in Belt

Which ZIP codes are in Belt: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Water Laboratory Certification Program, certified laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Belt

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