El Mar Estates Msla Co Water, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
El Mar Estates Msla Co Water serves about 1,350 people through 498 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Missoula County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0000517; phone on file: 406-258-4832. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
El Mar Estates Msla Co Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for El Mar Estates Msla Co Water is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. El Mar Estates Msla Co Water's 1 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Montana and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
80 other systems share Missoula County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than El Mar Estates Msla Co Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Missoula Water | 68,200 | 2 ppb |
| Lolo Water And Sewer Dist | 3,315 | 2 ppb |
| Seeley Lake Water District | 1,575 | 4 ppb |
| Westview Mobile Home Park | 947 | 1 ppb |
| Phantom Hills Water System | 810 | 3 ppb |
| Travois Village Mobile Park | 702 | 2 ppb |
| Wye Area Water System | 512 | 1 ppb |
| Grant Creek Water Users Association Inc | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Katoonah Lodges | 258 | 3 ppb |
| Sorrel Springs Hoa | 250 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Missoula, MT may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask El Mar Estates Msla Co Water 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.