Kevin Town Of, MT
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 ppb (monitoring period 2015-2017). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Kevin Town Of serves about 290 people through 87 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Toole County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0000265; phone on file: 406-337-2141. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Kevin Town Of's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kevin Town Of is 12 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 ppb over 10 |
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. Kevin Town Of's 12 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Montana and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Toole County
14 other systems share Toole County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Kevin Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby City Of | 3,970 | 2 ppb |
| Sunburst Town Of | 459 | 1 ppb |
| Oilmont County Water District | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ncmrwa North Shelby | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Galata County Water District | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rimrock Colony | 124 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sweetgrass Water Users Assn | 100 | 15 ppb |
| Hillside Colony Inc | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camrose Colony | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nine Mile Co Water And Sewer District | 90 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kevin, 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 Kevin Town Of 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.