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Kalispell Public Works

Serves Kalispell, Flathead County, MT · 25,000 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 25 monitoring/reporting issues for Kalispell Public Works in the last ten years.

  • MT0000259
  • KALISPELL
  • MT
  • 25,000 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 59903
EPA system ID MT0000259

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
25

Key facts

  • Kalispell Public Works draws water from 12 wells and 1 spring (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, December 2009.
  • Record on file since 1996, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 40 lead and 572 unknown out of 9,938 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Pentachlorophenol
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Benzo(a)pyrene
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Heptachlor epoxide
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Heptachlor
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Dalapon
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Methoxychlor
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
BHC-GAMMA
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Endrin
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1996

EPA's records for Kalispell Public Works go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 43 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 6
2000s 0 37
2020s 0 25

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, began January 1999, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1999 Resolved

Enforcement actions

EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Kalispell Public Works in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 14, 2009 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Consumer Confidence Rule, Arsenic

Where the water comes from

Kalispell Public Works draws water from 12 wells and 1 spring (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 8 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Kalispell Public Works.

Annual water quality report

Kalispell Public Works 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.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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

Testing your own water

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