Skyview Water And Sewer Utility, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Skyview Water And Sewer Utility at a glance
Skyview Water And Sewer Utility serves about 400 people through 146 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lewis And Clark County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0004039; phone on file: 406-442-2949. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Skyview Water And Sewer Utility's lead record
That is down 12 ppb from 14 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Skyview Water And Sewer Utility is 14 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 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. Skyview Water And Sewer Utility's 2 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Montana and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lewis And Clark County
50 other systems share Lewis And Clark County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Skyview Water And Sewer Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Helena Water System | 32,091 | 3 ppb |
| East Helena City Of | 2,114 | 1 ppb |
| Eastgate Village Sewer And Water | 2,000 | 1 ppb |
| Va Medical Center Helena | 1,275 | 7 ppb |
| Helena Leisure Llc | 1,200 | 1 ppb |
| Ten Mile And Pleasant Valley Wua | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Star Pud | 715 | 7 ppb |
| Treasure State Acres Wua | 483 | 2 ppb |
| La Casa Grande Water And Sewer District | 404 | 2 ppb |
| Golden Estates Homeowners Association | 400 | 5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Helena, 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 Skyview Water And Sewer Utility 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.