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Is Corvallis, MT tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Corvallis, 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.

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The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Corvallis has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Montana’s records.

Centennial Homeowner'S Association, Inc, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 6.5 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. They are listed by how many people each serves in Corvallis’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Centennial Homeowner'S Association, Inc’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Corvallis

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

  • Water Technologies Laboratory

    Missoula, MT · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 549-8868

  • RD Water Lab, LLC

    Missoula, MT · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 721-8179

  • Missoula CCHD Water Lab

    Missoula, MT · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (406) 523-4755

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 Corvallis

Which ZIP codes are in Corvallis: 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 Corvallis

Other towns in Ravalli County with a page of their own.