Is Pablo, MT tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Pablo has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Montana’s records: Pablo Lake County Water and Sewer Dist.
Pablo Lake County Water and Sewer Dist, 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 Pablo’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Pablo Lake County Water and Sewer Dist
Montana · serves 2,175 people · about 760 in Pablo
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Ronan
Montana · serves 2,483 people · under 100 in Pablo
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pablo
The 3 labs Montana certifies closest to Pablo, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Mission Mountain Laboratories
Ravalli, MT · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
Montana Environmental Laboratory
Kalispell, MT · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics
Missoula CCHD Water Lab
Missoula, MT · about 50 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 MontanaWhich ZIP codes are in Pablo: 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 Pablo
Other towns in Lake County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pablo Lake County Water and Sewer Dist’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