Mt Ellis Academy, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Mt Ellis Academy serves about 106 people through 17 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gallatin County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0001262; phone on file: 406-690-2143. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Mt Ellis Academy's lead record
That is down 5 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mt Ellis Academy is 9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
| 2019 | 9 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
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. Mt Ellis Academy's 1 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Montana and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
59 other systems share Gallatin County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mt Ellis Academy. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bozeman City Of | 56,000 | 1.6 ppb |
| Belgrade City Of | 10,460 | 1.79 ppb |
| West Yellowstone Town Of | 9,899 | 1.25 ppb |
| North Star Zoot Water | 4,323 | 3 ppb |
| River Rock County Water And Sewer Dist | 4,200 | 2.81 ppb |
| Rae Water And Sewer Dist 313 | 2,325 | 2.08 ppb |
| Three Forks City Of | 1,900 | 2 ppb |
| Manhattan Town Of | 1,800 | 2 ppb |
| Valley Grove Subdivision | 825 | 2.04 ppb |
| Landmark Subdivision | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bozeman, MT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bozeman, 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 Mt Ellis Academy 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.