East Malta Colony, MT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2018-2020). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
East Malta Colony serves about 47 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Phillips County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0001769; phone on file: 406-654-4720. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Malta Colony is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Montana systems
Of the 753 Montana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 28 have gone over at some point. East Malta Colony's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in Montana and the 3rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Phillips County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Malta Colony. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Malta City Of | 1,800 | 2 ppb |
| Saco Town Of | 180 | 1 ppb |
| Phillips County Zortman Water And Sewer | 169 | 1 ppb |
| Dodson Town Of | 120 | 1 ppb |
| Camp Creek Wua Inc | 50 | 1 ppb |
| Loring Hutterian Brethren Inc | 45 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Malta, MT
Look up your address in East Malta Colony's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask East Malta Colony whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.