What's in HELENA WATER SEWER's water?
HELENA WATER SEWER has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 2,708, over 1,320 connections.
HELENA WATER SEWER's record against the rest of the country
32 total violations and 17 health-based ones put HELENA WATER SEWER at the 92th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,089 of 12,903.
Against the AR average
HELENA WATER SEWER's 17 health-based violations sit above the AR average of 7.1, across 243 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
HELENA WATER SEWER's most recent violation on record is dated 2028-06-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2028-06-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
HELENA WATER SEWER'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 REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts 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 HELENA WATER SEWER's record does not cover
HELENA WATER SEWER'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. Between the utility's meter and HELENA WATER SEWER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,089th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.