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Is Heron, MT tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Heron, 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 Heron has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Montana’s records.

Heron Community Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.8 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 Heron’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Heron

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 Heron, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Anatek Labs, Inc.

    Spokane, WA · about 71 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (509) 838-3999

  • Montana Environmental Laboratory

    Kalispell, MT · about 74 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (406) 755-2131

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 Heron

Which ZIP codes are in Heron: 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 Heron

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