MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,100 people through 850 service connections.
MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT has 11 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,387th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT compares within NY
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT carries 4, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT is from 2023-01-04 (health-based: 1994-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - 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.