Public water system · MT0000760

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Back Roads Bar and Grill

At a glance

Back Roads Bar and Grill (PWSID MT0000760) is an active transient non-community water system in Cascade County, Montana. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

SWP

Purchased surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMT0000760

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections1

Primary water sourcePurchased surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMT state drinking water program

City servedGreat Falls

StateMontana

ZIP—

CountyCascade County

How does Back Roads Bar and Grill compare with other water systems in Cascade County?

By EPA's size categories, Back Roads Bar and Grill is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Cascade County has 98 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 985 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 96,513 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Montana, the 2,378 active systems average 489 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Back Roads Bar and Grill is about 65% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Montana has 1,206 active transient non-community water systems, 51% of the state's 2,378 active systems. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 212 Montana systems (8.9%) list purchased surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Back Roads Bar and Grill?

EPA lists Back Roads Bar and Grill as privately owned. The MT state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 73 of the 98 active systems in Cascade County (74%) are also privately owned.

Does Back Roads Bar and Grill have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026. The violations listed here began between July 2024 and April 2026. By type: 10 monitoring and 2 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (12 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 as unaddressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2026-04-07	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Unaddressed
2026-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2026-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-10-05	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Unaddressed
2024-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Back Roads Bar and Grill: frequently asked questions

Who runs Back Roads Bar and Grill?

Back Roads Bar and Grill (PWSID MT0000760) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MT state drinking water program.

How many people does Back Roads Bar and Grill serve?

Back Roads Bar and Grill reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Cascade County, Montana.

Where does Back Roads Bar and Grill get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased surface water. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own.

Does Back Roads Bar and Grill have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Back Roads Bar and Grill's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MT state drinking water program.

Where can I find Back Roads Bar and Grill's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Back Roads Bar and Grill is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Cascade County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Great Falls City of	Cascade	60,000	Community	Surface water
Malmstrom Air Force Base	Cascade	8,850	Community	Purchased surface water
Source Giant Springs Inc.	Cascade	3,007	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Montana Expo Park Cascade County	Cascade	2,510	Transient non-community	Purchased surface water
Sun Prairie Village County	Cascade	1,800	Community	Groundwater
University of Providence	Cascade	1,472	Non-transient non-community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Back Roads Bar and Grill, PWSID MT0000760, Montana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/montana/back-roads-bar-and-grill-mt0000760 (data as of October 1, 2026).