Is Black Eagle, MT tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Black Eagle have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Montana’s records: Black Eagle Cascade County Water Sewer and Homestead Acres County Water and Sewer.
Black Eagle Cascade County Water Sewer, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Montana’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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. They are listed by how many people each serves in Black Eagle’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Black Eagle Cascade County Water Sewer
Montana · serves 1,233 people · about 810 in Black Eagle
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
4 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Homestead Acres County Water and Sewer
Montana · serves 500 people · lists Black Eagle among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.3 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Windy Acres WUA
Montana · serves 50 people · lists Black Eagle among the places it serves
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 12.8 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Black Eagle
The lab Montana certifies closest to Black Eagle, 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 72 miles
Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals
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 MontanaZIP codes in Black Eagle
Which ZIP codes are in Black Eagle: 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 Black Eagle
Other towns in Cascade County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Black Eagle Cascade County Water Sewer’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water