River Acres Inc, 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
River Acres Inc serves about 78 people through 31 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Missoula County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0000369; phone on file: 406-549-8868. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2016 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for River Acres Inc is 1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How River Acres Inc 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. River Acres Inc's 1 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Montana and the 51st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
80 other systems share Missoula County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than River Acres Inc. 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 |
| El Mar Estates Msla Co Water | 1,350 | 1 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 |
Next steps for Missoula, MT
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 River Acres Inc 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.