Timbers At Whitefish The, MT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Timbers At Whitefish The at a glance
Timbers At Whitefish The serves about 40 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Flathead County, Montana. EPA system ID: MT0004657; phone on file: 406-837-4536. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Timbers At Whitefish The's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Timbers At Whitefish The is 7 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 7 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 6 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
Against other Montana systems
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. Timbers At Whitefish The's 2 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Montana and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Flathead County
135 other systems share Flathead County; 30 of them have a higher latest lead result than Timbers At Whitefish The. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kalispell Public Works | 25,000 | 2 ppb |
| Whitefish City Of | 10,418 | 2 ppb |
| Flathead County Water And Sewer | 9,520 | 1 ppb |
| Bigfork County Water And Sewer | 6,100 | 2 ppb |
| Columbia Falls City Of | 4,450 | 4 ppb |
| Big Mountain Water Company | 2,435 | 7 ppb |
| Lakeside Water System | 1,225 | 3 ppb |
| Hungry Horse Co Water And Sewer District | 1,135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Meadow Lake Co Water And Sewer District | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Somers Co Water And Sewer Dist | 765 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bigfork, 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 Timbers At Whitefish The 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.