Is EAST HELENA CITY OF's water safe to drink?
EAST HELENA CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,114 people through 897 service connections.
EAST HELENA CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, EAST HELENA CITY OF ranks 7,773th by violation burden (40th percentile) - 23 violations total, 1 health-based.
How EAST HELENA CITY OF compares within MT
MT's 59 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; EAST HELENA CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST HELENA CITY OF is from 2025-01-06 (health-based: 2022-04-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST HELENA CITY OF'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
EAST HELENA CITY OF'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 23 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.