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Is Helena West Side, MT tap water safe?

Helena Water System serves Helena West Side, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Montana’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Helena Water System serves Helena West Side. In EPA’s and Montana’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 3 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 39.5 ppb, above the legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Helena Water System’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Helena West Side

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 Helena West Side, 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 1 mile

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (406) 442-0711

  • DPHHS State of Montana Environmental Laboratory

    Helena, MT · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (406) 444-3444

  • Alpine Analytical

    Helena, MT · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (406) 449-6282

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 Helena West Side

Which ZIP codes are in Helena West Side: 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 Helena West Side

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