Public water system record

Crow Agency Water System

Serves Crow Agency, Big Horn County, MT · 2,057 people served

Federal records show 17 health-based violations and 70 monitoring/reporting issues for Crow Agency Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved CARBON, TOTAL violation.

  • 083090011
  • CROW AGENCY
  • MT
  • 2,057 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 59022
EPA system ID 083090011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
17
Resolved
17
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
70

Key facts

  • Crow Agency Water System draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by EPA, January 2024.
  • Record on file since 1976, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 423 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
210 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Apr 9, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Mar 11, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
OTHER
Sep 23, 2025 Active
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
May 1, 2025 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Feb 1, 2025 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Dec 1, 2024 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Nov 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jun 1, 2023 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Mar 1, 2023 Resolved
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Vinyl chloride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Dec 30, 2021 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
May 1, 2017 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
OTHER
Sep 6, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1976

EPA's records for Crow Agency Water System go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (9 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 81 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 10
1990s 0 12
2000s 2 14
2010 to October 18, 2016 9 45
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 20
2020s 13 49

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, began March 2015, Resolved.

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Mar 11, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Sep 1, 2012 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Aug 1, 2012 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Aug 1, 2012 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
May 1, 2012 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
May 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Apr 1, 2006 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Sep 1, 2002 Archived

Enforcement actions

EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Crow Agency Water System and issued 2 boil water orders between 2015 and 2024, filed as 6 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a boil water order in January 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 19, 2024 EPA Boil water order 1 violation
Apr 22, 2021 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (6 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL
Jan 20, 2021 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL
Apr 21, 2020 EPA Boil water order 1 violation
Sep 22, 2015 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

What the violations mean

CARBON, TOTAL

14 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that federal rules require for CARBON, TOTAL (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

3 incidents

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

Crow Agency Water System draws water from 3 surface water intakes.

Annual water quality report

Crow Agency Water System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by EPA Region 8.