DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,005 people through 1,911 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY ranks 3,733th by violation burden (71th percentile) - 11 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY compares within MT
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY's 5 health-based violations sit within the MT average of 6.7, across 59 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2015-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER AUTHORITY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.