Outlook County Sewer And Water, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Outlook County Sewer And Water serves about 96 people through 49 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 Sheridan County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0003312; phone on file: 406-895-2419. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Outlook County Sewer And Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2018 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Outlook County Sewer And Water is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Outlook County Sewer And Water compares
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. Outlook County Sewer And Water's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Montana and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Sheridan County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Outlook County Sewer And Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plentywood Water Department | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medicine Lake Town Of | 600 | 10 ppb |
| Westby Town Of | 172 | 1 ppb |
| Antelope County Water And Sewer | 59 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Outlook, MT
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Outlook, 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 Outlook County Sewer And 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.